pock

[pok]

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.

pock

/ pɒk /

noun

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

2. another word for pockmark

Other Word Forms

• pocky adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pock¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pock¹

Old English pocc; related to Middle Dutch pocke, perhaps to Latin bucca cheek

Example Sentences

Binnington, who took the historic puck from Ovechkin's goal and pocked it before a linesman retrieved it from him, was pulled after surrendering four goals in just under 30 minutes.

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A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps.

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But even still, the film fails to take full advantage of the everyday tensions that pocked his existence.

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While the Welsh band’s story is pocked with despair and unmet potential, their remarkable achievements during their heartbreakingly brief time together continues to attract new fans, year after year.

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The terrain appears completely untouched by man, but a closer look reveals dozens of cavities pocked across the rolling hills.

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