pock

¹pock

noun \ˈpäk\

Definition of POCK

: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox); also : a spot suggesting such a pustule

Examples of POCK

1. <noticed strange pocks on his torso>

Origin of POCK

Middle English pokke, from Old English pocc; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch pocke pock

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to POCK

Synonyms: boil, fester, hickey, papule, pimple, pustule, whelk, zit [slang]

Related Words: blackhead, blister, milium, whitehead; bump, lump, protuberance; sore, wart, weal, welt

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Rhymes with POCK

bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, clock, cock, croc, crock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, grok, hock, jock, knock, lakh, loch, lock, Locke, lough, moc, mock, nock, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok