| sockdolager | 1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like. 2. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. Origin: A corruption of doxology Alternative forms: sockdologer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| socket | 1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eye socket. Origin: thr. O. Fr. Fr. L. Soccus, a shoe, a sock (05 Mar 2000) |
| socket joint | A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone, as in the hip joint. Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |