cudgel vs sock

cudgel

verb
  • To strike with a cudgel. 

  • To exercise (one's wits or brains). 

noun
  • Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. 

  • A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. 

sock

verb
  • To hit or strike violently; to deliver a blow to. 

  • To throw. 

noun
  • A cat's or dog's lower leg that is a different color (usually white) from the color pattern on the rest of the animal. 

  • A sock puppet. 

  • A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors. 

  • A knitted or woven covering for the foot. 

  • A violent blow; a punch. 

  • A ploughshare. 

intj
  • The sound of a punch or powerful blow. 

How often have the words cudgel and sock occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )