pock
/pɒk/US/pɑk/
pock noun: a pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Noun
pock (plural pocks)
Verb
pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)
- To scar or mark with pits
- In and out of the tufts they went, with their eyes dilating; wishing to be out of harm, if conscience were but satisfied. And of this tufty flaggy ground, pocked with bogs and boglets, one especial nature is that it will not hold impressions.1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter VII, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume III, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC, page 111
- Just next door, at Al Azhar University, a rocket mangled the protective metal bars as it crashed through the windows of the president’s office this month, destroying his desk and pocking his walls with shrapnel.2007 February 23, Greg Myre, “Palestinian Universities Dragged Into Factional Clashes”, in New York Times
pock meaning in Tamil and Urdu
pock in Tamil
- பெரியம்மைக் கொப்புளம், அம்மை
pock in Urdu
- دانہ, پھنسی
Forms of pock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | pocks |
| present participle | pocking |
| past participle | pocked |
| past | pocked |
Origin of pock
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”).
Words formed from pock
Words that rhyme with pock
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- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about pock
- What does pock mean?
- Pock means a pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
- What is pock in Tamil?
- Pock in Tamil is பெரியம்மைக் கொப்புளம், அம்மை. See Pock meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pock?
- Pock can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce pock?
- Pock is pronounced /pɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of pock?
- The plural of pock is pocks.
Words near pock in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pock (page history and authors); pock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pock (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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