Thesaurus results for SOCKED

socked

verb

past tense of sock

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted

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Recent Examples of socked The storm could bring the biggest snowfall to the region since January 2016, when New York City was socked by its worst snowstorm on record. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026 Hyperallergic, which first reported the malfunction, noted that a sprinkler head was damaged during preparations for Winter Storm Fern, which socked New York with nearly a foot of snow over the weekend. —

News Desk, Artforum, 28 Jan. 2026 A day after much of the Chicago area was socked with a snowstorm that lingered from Saturday night all the way into Sunday afternoon, bitter and dangerous cold settled on the area. —

Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026 You could get socked with a 75% civil fraud penalty under section 6663. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 Slide the be-socked yardstick under the refrigerator and move it back and forth to pick up dust, dirt, and other fine particles. —

Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026 Many of his cases involve wives who were not only unaware of their husband’s crypto dabbling, but when the assets are finally split, can be socked with a massive tax bill from capital gains. —

Kevin Williams, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025 The 170-grain slug socked him right between the horns. —

Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025 This is a guy who swiped 32 bases a year ago and socked 28 homers two years ago. —

Zack Meisel, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

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Verb

When Zuccarello took a swipe with his stick and smacked McCarron in the leg, the big man responded with a Oscar-worthy acting job, feigning like he had been slashed on the wrist.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
Krogstad smacked two doubles and drove in three runs.

— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026