Meanings
adjectivesock-knocking (comparative more sock-knocking, superlative most sock-knocking)
comparative more sock-knocking · superlative most sock-knocking
- idiomaticinformalrarestunning, amazing, very impressive.
Hardware or software, if there was one thing Morton did astoundingly well, it was concocting sock-knocking techno gizmo solutions to the most arcane problems.
2009, Frank Tinsman, Chaos and Rage, page 98
Origin
From the phrase knock someone's socks off.
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sock-knocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sock-knocking
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“sock-knocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sock-knocking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sock-knocking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sock-knocking.
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