English Explanatory Dictionary

pouk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of puck (“mischievous or hostile spirit”).
noun
  1. A small boil, pimple, or pustule.
  2. A blister.
  3. A sty.

Pronunciation

/puːk/

Word forms

pouk pouks powk

Etymology

Apparently a dialectal variant of Middle English poke, a variant of pok, pock, pocke, from Old English poc, pocc (“pustule, pimple”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk. More at pock.

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