Pock Definition
pŏk
pocked, pocks
noun
pocks
A pustule caused by smallpox or some other disease.
Webster's New World
A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark.
American Heritage Medicine
Webster's New World
verb
To mark with pocks; pit.
American Heritage
To mark with pocks; pit.
American Heritage Medicine
Other Word Forms of Pock
Noun
Singular:
pock
Plural:
pocksOrigin of Pock
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From Old English pocc, from Proto-Germanic *puh- (“swell up, blow up") (compare Dutch pok, Low German Pocke).
From Wiktionary
Middle English pokke from Old English pocc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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