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pocks

US/pɑks/

pocks is the plural of pock.

pocks is the obsolete form of pox.

Meaning of pock

Noun

pock (plural pocks)

  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

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Meaning of pox

Noun

pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)

  1. A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
    1. Syphilis.
  2. (figuratively) A curse.
    • a pox on all their houses

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Phrases with pocks

Words that rhyme with pocks

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Questions about pocks

What is pocks the plural of?
Pocks is the plural of pock.
How do you pronounce pocks?
Pocks is pronounced /pɑks/ (US).

Words near pocks in the dictionary

  1. pockmarks
  2. Pocknee
  3. pockpit
  4. pockpits
  5. pockpitted
  6. pocks
  7. pockweed
  8. pockwood
  9. pocky
  10. POCO
  11. poco a poco

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