Pock Definition

pŏk
pocked, pocks
noun
pocks
A pustule caused by smallpox or some other disease.
Webster's New World
A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World

Any pit, especially one formed as a scar.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To mark with pocks; pit.
American Heritage
To mark with pocks; pit.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Pock

Noun

Singular:
pock
Plural:
pocks

Origin of Pock

  • From Old English pocc, from Proto-Germanic *puh- (“swell up, blow up") (compare Dutch pok, Low German Pocke).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English pokke from Old English pocc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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