An opening or a cavity into which an inserted part is designed to fit, An opening or cavity into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else, A chuck or holder on the end of a drill-spindle having a taper-hole to receive the corresponding taper-shank of the drill or of another socket, transitive verb_ To furnish with or insert into a socket

To make a clucking sound, To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin,