短袜是袜子的一种，长度最长到脚踝上1公分，穿着时包覆整个脚踝，大部分是棉质或尼龙制成。

短袜是不少地区的校服的标准装备，少数学校校规规定不分男生或女生搭配学生制服的大多是棉质短袜，以深色系（如黑色、深蓝色）和白色为主，视校规或校风流行而定。

其设计用途为：

短袜是在穿包着整支脚踝的鞋子，如运动鞋、靴和皮鞋时所穿的。而在穿着凉鞋或拖鞋时，则很少有人会习惯地穿上短袜。

其颜色繁多，以白、黑、灰、蓝最为常见；另外也有上半部为白、底部为其他颜色的设计。在袜筒的两侧大多印有品牌商标。

小腿：折式袜 · 毛线鞋 · 长袜 · 暖腿套 · 泡泡袜（大象袜） · 半统袜 · 短袜 · 分趾鞋袜（足袋） · 五趾袜 · 船袜（踝袜、隐形袜）
全腿：全成形长袜 · 膝上袜 · 大腿袜 · 紧身裤 · 腿泳裤 · 连裤袜 · 丝袜 · 男裤袜 · 打底裤 · 网袜

A sock is an item of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle and some part of the calf. Some type of shoe or boot is typically worn over socks. In ancient times, socks were made from leather or matted animal hair. In the late 16th century, machine-knit socks were first produced. Until 1800 both hand knitting and machine knitting were used to produce socks, but after 1800, machine knitting became the predominant method.