pock

American  

[pok] / pɒk /

noun

1. a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.

2. a mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule.

3. a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.

4. Scot. poke.

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pock British  

/ pɒk /

noun

1. any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox

2. another word for pockmark

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Other Word Forms

• pocky adjective

Etymology

Origin of pock

before 1000; Middle English pokke, Old English poc; cognate with German Pocke; perhaps akin to Old English pocca. See poke ²

Example Sentences

"Those pock marks are witness marks of a fragmentation munition," an analyst from McKenzie Intelligence said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The satisfying pock of paddle on ball, battling through long rallies, and breaking into dance moves with Chrissy after a perfect slam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Her father could no longer work in the coal mines that pock the mountains here after an injury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Tens of thousands of craters larger than 10 kilometers pock the Moon, but the researchers also figured the collision had to be relatively recent and the resulting crater particularly young.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 19, 2024

A little boy, the son of one of the Young Men, was the first to find a pock upon him.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson