Rhymes for SOCKS

• alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

• English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

• a shifty deceptive person

• English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

• a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

• the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

• the Algonquian language of the Fox

• deceive somebody

• be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

• become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

• a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

• a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

• a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked

• A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

• A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors.

• A color pattern (usually white) on a cat's or dog's lower leg that is different from the color pattern on the rest of the animal.

• (WMF jargon) A sock puppet.

• A gun sock.

• an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus

• any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

• European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage

• a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

• a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings

• a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

• a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit

• housing in a large building that is divided into separate units

• (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted

• an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension

• a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

• a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

• a platform from which an auctioneer sells

• the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements

• render unsuitable for passage

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• stop from happening or developing

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• run on a block system

• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block

• obstruct

• block passage through

• support, secure, or raise with a block

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• be unable to remember

• shape by using a block

• shape into a block or blocks

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

• an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial

• any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals

• come into dock

• deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty

• deduct from someone's wages

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• maneuver into a dock

• a long, loose outer garment

• a habit worn by clerics

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• put a frock on

• the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)

• negative criticism

• a vigorous blow

• a bad experience

• the act of hitting vigorously

• deliver a sharp blow or push

• rap with the knuckles

• knock against with force or violence

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• sound like a car engine that is firing too early

• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

• a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed

• a strand or cluster of hair

• a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun

• enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it

• a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key

• any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured

• fasten with a lock

• keep engaged

• become rigid or immoveable

• hold in a locking position

• become engaged or intermeshed with one another

• hold fast (in a certain state)

• place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

• pass by means through a lock in a waterway

• build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels

• the act of mocking or ridiculing

• constituting a copy or imitation of something

• treat with contempt

• imitate with mockery and derision

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

• hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

• a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• cause to move back and forth

• a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)

• a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

• a church congregation guided by a pastor

• a group of birds

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• an orderly crowd

• a group of sheep or goats

• move as a crowd or in a group

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• a remote and undeveloped area

• brine-cured salmon that is lightly smoked

• a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

• the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

• outdo someone in trickery

• beat through cleverness and wit

• A male badger.

• (possibly obsolete) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.

• A dirty, stinking fellow.

• To taunt.

• a person trained to compete in sports

• a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise

• a pustule in an eruptive disease

• mark with a scar

• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor

• an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

• an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

• a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field

• a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

• a sudden jarring impact

• a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses

• surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off

• strike with disgust or revulsion

• strike with horror or terror

• collide violently

• collect or gather into shocks

• subject to electrical shocks

• inflict a trauma upon

• the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified

• treat for alcohol or drug dependence

• either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length

• (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

• white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures

• a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin

• a private box for delivery of mail

• public box for deposit of mail

• a box for holding matches

• adhering to what is commonly accepted

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism

• of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church

• (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

• mold consisting of a box with sand shaped to mold metal

• a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in

• a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

• breaking with convention or tradition

• independent in behavior or thought

• a tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake

• the raw material that is required for some industrial process

• a group of countries in special alliance

• the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913

• a licensed medical practitioner

• pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking

• a discussion intended to produce an agreement

• short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa

• a container used to keep bread or cake in

• an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium

• a crate for packing soap

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed

• a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a potential source of violence

• a box for holding tinder

• a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible

• a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock

• an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge

• A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

• On a smaller scale: the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.

• (by extension) any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

• any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea

• any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers