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Definitions of pock. verb. mark with a scar. synonyms: mark, pit, scar. mark, nock, score. make small marks into the surface of. see more. noun. a pustule in an eruptive disease.
6 days ago · pock in American English. (pɑk) noun. 1. a pustule on the body in an eruptive disease, as smallpox. 2. a mark or spot left by or resembling such a pustule. 3. a small indentation, pit, hole, or the like.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb pock. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
noun. pocks. A pustule caused by smallpox or some other disease. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark. American Heritage Medicine. Pockmark. Webster's New World. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar. Wiktionary. Synonyms: mark. flaw. hole. verb. To mark with pocks; pit.
Definition of pock in English: pock. Pronunciation: /pɒk/ noun. a pockmark. Example sentences Synonyms. Derivatives. pocked. Pronunciation: /pɒkt/ adjective. Example sentences. Origin. Old English poc 'pustule', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pok and German Pocke. Compare with pox. Words that rhyme with pock.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun pock. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
pock noun 1. Meaning & use. Expand. 1. Expand. 2. † = pox, n. I.1c. In singular, chiefly regional. Also in… 1.a. Old English–. A pustule or vesicle; (in later use) esp. one typical of chickenpox and smallpox. Also: the scar left by such a pustule, a pockmark. eOE. Drenc wið poc adle wyl wæter on croccan do hunig on...