English Explanatory Dictionary

pock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
  2. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
verb
  1. To scar or mark with pits

Pronunciation

/pɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pock.wav /pɑk/

Word forms

pock pocks pocking pocked

Etymology

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, 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”).

Related words

yen pock

Derived words

cowpock kinepock pock-fretten pockmark pockpit pockpitted pock-pudding pockwood pocky pox quarter point small pock the pock
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