pock
English
Etymology
From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /pɑk/
- Rhymes: -ɒk
Noun
pock (plural pocks)
- A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
- Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
Derived terms
Translations
pus filled swelling
Verb
pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)
- To scar or mark with pits
- 2007 February 23, Greg Myre, “Palestinian Universities Dragged Into Factional Clashes”, in New York Times[1]:
- Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel.
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