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pock

American  
[pok] / pɒk /

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.

  4. Scot. poke.

pock British  
/ pɒk /

noun

  1. any pustule resulting from an eruptive disease, esp from smallpox

  2. another word for pockmark

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Other Word Forms

  • pocky adjective

Etymology

Origin of pock

before 1000; Middle English pokke, Old English poc; cognate with German Pocke; perhaps akin to Old English pocca. See poke 2

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