Definition of pock
: a pustule in an eruptive disease (such as smallpox);
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: a spot suggesting such a pustule
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Examples of pock in a Sentence
noticed strange pocks on his torso
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The door opposite the apartment was pock-marked with bullet holes.
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A couple days to two weeks later, a red rash of round pocks erupts on the skin’s surface where the pain and itching occurred.
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In the house where Mehsud died, blood colours the floor but bullet-holes pock only one wall.
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Police searched the immediate area but did not locate the man, who is described as between 5-foot-7 and 6-foot, with a medium build and noticeable pock-marks on his face.
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The suspect is described as having curly dark hair in a ponytail, a large pointy nose and pock marks on the right side of his face.
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That wall under the a/c unit currently has many pock marks.
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Make Gary Sanchez a pet project: The young catcher is either on the doorstep of what could be a Hall of Fame career or one that will be pock-marked by mental errors and attitude problems.
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Oftentimes, eggplant in the supermarket is simply old — pock-marked, faded, shriveled, sad.
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Origin and Etymology of pock
Middle English pokke, from Old English pocc; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch pocke pock
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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Examples of pock in a Sentence
one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface
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His career has been pocked with injury, his durability suffering on account of his wavering commitment.
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The fictional building’s basement walls — pocked with bullet holes and smeared with blood — bore witness to their demise.
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The lake bottom looked like something out of one of those aerial photos of World War I’s bombed-to-bits battlefields, a kind of aquatic moonscape pocked by who-knows-how-many shallow craters.
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With its population reaching 700,000, the highest level in over 40 years, the District is thriving in ways that can overshadow the disruptions that have pocked the mayor’s term.
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In the dining room that also opens from the family room, more bullet holes pocked the wall and a hall leading away to the center of the house.
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At the Quebec mosque, its windows still pocked with bullet holes, the Muslim community is still struggling to come to terms with the attack and their fear and grief.
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After Tolisso made a marauding run down the right wing, Wagner's first time effort was saved but the ball fell perfectly for the right boot of Thiago and the Spain international easily pocked the ball into the back of the net.
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That’s Draymond’s middle name (pronounced EEM-pocked).
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First Known Use of pock
1841
POCK Defined for English Language Learners
pock
Definition of pock for English Language Learners
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: to make holes in or marks on (something)
POCK Defined for Kids
noun
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Definition of pock for Students
: a small swelling like a pimple on the skin (as in smallpox) or the mark it leaves
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