sock-knocking en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From the phrase knock someone's socks off.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal, rare) stunning, 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sock-knocking | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sock-knocking | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |