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1pock

noun \ˈpäk\

Definition of POCK

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

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

2pock

transitive verb

Definition of POCK

: to mark with or as if with pocks : pit

Examples of POCK

  1. one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface

First Known Use of POCK

1841

pock

noun \ˈpäk\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of POCK

: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox)

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