See Also: socket(dictionary)
socket(dictionary)
dry socket(medicine)
eye socket(medicine)
socket(medicine)
socket joint(medicine)
peg-and-socket joint(medicine)
peg-and-socket articulation(medicine)
Socket - Golf(gambling)
Ball-and-socket joint(health)

socket (iou)



socket noun & verb. ME.
[Anglo-Norman soket (Anglo-Latin sokettus spearhead) dim. of Old & mod. French soc ploughshare, prob. of Celtic origin: see -ET1.]
A. noun.
The head of a lance or spear, resembling a ploughshare. ME-M16.
A hollow part or piece constructed to receive some part or thing fitting into it. LME.
spec.
a. The part of a candlestick or chandelier in which the candle is placed. LME.
b. Anatomy. A hollow or cavity in which a part (as a tooth, an eye, the end of a bone, etc.) is situated. E17.
c. A device receiving the pins of an electric plug, a light-bulb, etc., for connection to an electrical circuit; esp. one for an electric plug that is fixed to a wall. L19.
d. Golf. The part of the head of an iron club into which the shaft is fitted; a shot made off this. L19.
Comb.: socket outlet a socket for an electric plug that is fixed to a wall and connected to an electricity supply; socket set a number of detachable sockets of different sizes for use with a socket wrench; socket spanner, socket wrench: having a (detachable) socket which fits over the nut; a box spanner.
b. verb.
verb trans. Place in or fit with a socket. M16.
verb trans. & intrans. Golf. Hit (the ball or a shot) off the socket. E20.
socketer noun a golfer who sockets the ball E20.
socketless adjective M19.