pock
Americannoun
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a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox.
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a mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule.
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a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.
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Scot. poke.
noun
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any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox
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another word for pockmark
Other Word Forms
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
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Schneider became the seventh Rangers defenseman to score a goal in his NHL debut and first since Thomas Pock against Pittsburgh on March 23, 2004.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2022
In 1805, their lobbying led the Vaccine Pock Institute in London to quiz Jesty about his experiment and he was presented with a scroll and gold lancets.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2021
Peter Pock, Jr., was born in a bed of roses with a silver spoon in his mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pock, pok, n. a small elevation of the skin containing matter, as in smallpox.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
She gave the Rogue fair words, and promising him his Pock full of Meal with Beef and Cheese, persuaded the Fellow to cure him again.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
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