Pollock Definition

pälək
pollack, pollacks, pollocks
noun
pollocks
Any of various marine, gadoid food fishes (genera Pollachius and Theragra) having tiny scales and a projecting lower jaw.
Webster's New World

Polack.

Webster's New World
A painting by Jackson Pollock.
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Alternative spelling of Polack.

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Synonyms:
  • jackson pollock
  • pollack
  • Pollachius pollachius
pronoun
A surname.
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verb

To fish for pollock.

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To splatter, as with paint.

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Other Word Forms of Pollock

Noun

Singular:
pollock
Plural:
pollocks

Origin of Pollock

  • Middle English poullok the Atlantic pollock (Pollachius pollachius) of unknown origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic podlok, perhaps from Scots.

    From Wiktionary

  • See Polack.

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  • Related to Polk.

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  • From Jackson Pollock

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Pollock Sentence Examples

  • As Pollock and Maitland (History of English Law) say "on the whole the charter contains little that is absolutely new.

  • Pollock has taken pains to show how nearly Spinoza approaches certain ideas contained in the modern doctrine of evolution, as for example that of sell-preservation as the determining force in things.

  • Harrison, Sir Frederick Pollock and Lockyer were among the contributors.

  • Though cod is much the most important fish (in 1905 fresh cod were valued at $991,679, and salted cod at $696,928), haddock (fresh, $1,051,910; salted, $17,194), mackerel (value in 1905, including horse mackerel, $970,876), herring (fresh, $266,699; salted, $114,997), pollock ($267,927), hake ($258,438), halibut ($218,232), and many other varieties are taken in great quantities.

  • Frederick Pollock, who had been senior wrangler at Cambridge, and became F.R.S.

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