: a pustule in an eruptive disease (such as smallpox)
also
: a spot suggesting such a pustule
Examples of pock in a Sentence
Noun
noticed strange pocks on his torso
Verb
one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface
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Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 Dec. 2025
Today, bullet holes from the invasion still pock building facades and lampposts.
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Graffiti pocks the exterior brick walls and there is substantial damage to the roof.
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Noun
Unlike the traditional hardbat, the sponge rubber silenced the pock of the ball hitting the racket.
—Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 Dec. 2025
Today, bullet holes from the invasion still pock building facades and lampposts.
—Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
Verb
During what appeared to be an argument, Leggett abruptly pulled a handgun out of his pocked and put it to Owais' chest and pulled the trigger, the complaint says the surveillance footage showed.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Graffiti pocks the exterior brick walls and there is substantial damage to the roof.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Pock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pock. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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pock
noun
: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox)
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