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• pollock
  pollock

  noun

  a North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family.
• Pollock
  Pollock

  noun

  Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

pollock

¹ American  

[pol-uhk] / ˈpɒl ək /

noun

Chiefly British.

• pollocks,
  plural
• pollock
  plural

1. Also called saithe. a North Atlantic food fish, Pollachius virens, of the cod family.

2. pollack.

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Pollock ² American  

[pol-uhk] / ˈpɒl ək /

noun

1. Sir Frederick, 1845–1937, English legal scholar and author.

2. Jackson, 1912–56, U.S. painter.

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Pollock British  

/ ˈpɒlək /

noun

1. Sir Frederick. 1845–1937, English legal scholar: with Maitland, he wrote History of English Law before the Time of Edward I (1895)

2. Jackson. 1912–56, US abstract expressionist painter; chief exponent of action painting in the US

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pollock
  plural
• pollocks
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of pollock

Variant of pollack

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Example Sentences

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More and more takeaways are now offering alternative fish species, such as hake, pollock, and monkfish, as lower-priced options.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

"Species such as hake, pollock and saithe are fantastic alternatives with great flavour and are often under utilised so they can be sold at a lower price point,"he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Unlike big trawlers using nets to catch pollock, cod and flounder, trollers drag lines rigged up with weights, artificial lures and hooks.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

At Jongno Stew Village, a popular lunch spot in the Dobong district of northern Seoul, pollock stew and kimchi jjigae are the best sellers.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

I caught lots of small fish, mackerel and pollock and cod and flounder, and cleaned ’em, too.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Former South Africa bowler Shaun Pollock was part of the ICC committee which recommended the change and he believes there is a "stigma" around the pink ball in the game.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

We see Pollock seeking alternatives to dripping, revisiting early configurations with generous gestures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

His earlier paintings often seem hard-won, made with a heavy hand, but as Hans Namuth’s well-known film of Pollock at work reveals, delicate gestures and dance-like movements translated into fluent drawing in the drip paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Players such as Pollock can supplement club earnings with a central England contract, worth about £150,000 a year, or one-off Test match fees.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

I don’t know who Jackson Pollock is, but I open my left eye enough to look over at her.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

We here had plenty of several sorts of fish, as silver-fish, snappers, bonitoes, cavallos, pollocks, old wives, and cray-fish of great size.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

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