pock

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology

From Old English pocc, from Proto-Germanic *puh- (“swell up, blow up”) (compare Dutch pok, Low German Pocke).

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

Verb

pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)

1. To scar or mark with pits
   • 2007 February 23, Greg Myre, “Palestinian Universities Dragged Into Factional Clashes”, New York Times:

     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.