a short stocking usually reaching to the calf or just above the ankle.

a lightweight shoe worn by ancient Greek and Roman comic actors.

comic writing for the theater; comedy or comic drama. Compare buskin ( def. 4 ) .

Furniture . a raised vertical area of a club or pad foot. ?

knock one's or the socks off. knock ( def. 29 ) .

noun, verb

tap

noun, verb

beat , belt , bop , buffet , chop , clout , cuff , ding , nail , paste , punch , slap , smack , smash , soak , whack

verb

bash , catch , clout , knock , pop , slam , slog , slug , smash , smite , strike , swat , thwack , whack , wham , whop

noun

bang , clout , crack , hit , lick , pound , slug , swat , thwack , welt , whack , wham , whop