sweat sock

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   a sock worn for athletic events

   Synonymsathletic sockvarsity sock

   Broadersock

Questions about sweat sock

What does sweat sock mean?

sweat sock means "a sock worn for athletic events".

What is another word for sweat sock?

Close synonyms include athletic sock, varsity sock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweat sock a common word?

sweat sock is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.