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Definition of "pock" [pock]

  • A pustule caused by smallpox or a similar eruptive disease. (noun)
  • A mark or scar left in the skin by such a pustule; a pockmark. (noun)
  • To mark with pocks; pit. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pock" in a sentence
  • "You have heard of Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face (that is, a pock-marked individual), Antelope, and others of like character, could be drawn, and thus convey the name without difficulty."
  • "Simpson shuddered, recalling the pock-marked drummer on the"
  • "Actually there's a shattered window on the car, but damage just kind of pock-marked through the neighborhood depending on where people are."