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plouk

plouk noun: a pimple or spot.

Noun

plouk (plural plouks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A pimple or spot.
    • No liquor hath been tryed more excellent for itching, and heat of the face with plouks, & puſtuls then this water, it being both drunck and put thervpon.1618, Patri[c]k Anderson, The Colde Spring of Kinghorne Craig […], Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, unnumbered page

Forms of plouk

pluralplouks
alternative formplook
alternative formpluke

Origin of plouk

Of uncertain origin, possibly related to plug. Compare Scots plook, plouk.

Questions about plouk

What does plouk mean?
Plouk means a pimple or spot.
What part of speech is plouk?
Plouk is a noun.
What is the plural of plouk?
The plural of plouk is plouks.

Words near plouk in the dictionary

  1. ploughwrights
  2. ploughzone
  3. ploughzones
  4. Plouha
  5. Plouhinec
  6. plouk
  7. plouks
  8. plounce
  9. plounced
  10. plounces
  11. plouncing

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