- present participle of stock.
stocking
Americannoun
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a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
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something resembling such a covering.
idioms
noun
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one of a pair of close-fitting garments made of knitted yarn to cover the foot and part or all of the leg
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something resembling this in position, function, appearance, etc
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wearing stockings or socks but no shoes
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
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half-stockingnoun
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overstockingnoun
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stockingedadjective
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stockinglessadjective
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unstockingedadjective
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Etymology
Origin of stocking
Example Sentences
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You may miss stocking up in well-lit superstores but enjoy getting to know shopkeepers who run tiny bodegas.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
Hundreds of people milled around a popular market in La Paz, stocking up on food products that had only just arrived.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
Vicky Fraser is a bibliographic services manager with LibrariesWest, an organisation in charge of stocking and running public libraries in Bristol, Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Minutes later, thanks to a carefully choreographed stocking and delivery process on the back end, the diapers were at her doorstep, to the New Delhi mom’s relief.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
A knitter working on a very long Christmas stocking that dragged behind her on the floor.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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