pock
pronunciation
How to pronounce pock in British English:
UK [pɒk]
How to pronounce pock in American English:
US [pɒk]
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- Noun:
- a pustule in an eruptive disease
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- Verb:
- mark with a scar
Word Origin
- pock
- pock: see pox
- pock (n.)
- Old English pocc "pustule, blister, ulcer," from Proto-Germanic *puh(h)- "to swell up, blow up" (cognates: Middle Dutch pocke, Dutch pok, East Frisian pok, Low German poche, dialectal German Pfoche), from PIE root *beu- "to swell, to blow" (see bull (n.2)). Middle French pocque is from Germanic. The plural form, Middle English pokkes, is the source of pox, which since early 14c. has been used in the sense "disease characterized by pocks."
- pock (v.)
- "to disfigure with pits or pocks," 1841. Related: Pocked; pocking.
Example
- 1. Vacant storefronts pock penobscot avenue , the main street , and the most popular hangout for teenagers is a supermarket parking lot .
- 2. About half a million roadworks pock the city 's streets each year , creating 30 % of all traffic disruptions and costing about 1 billion a year , on a conservative estimate .
- 3. Whether it 's acne pock marks , stretch marks after pregnancy , or the legacy of a burn , wound or surgery , few of us like scars on our skin .
- 4. Kicking off her flip-flops , she settled resignedly into her game . The pock and thud of the jokari ball on the baked ground soothed her , and she started to care about whether she could break her own record of consecutive hits . ( She had passed robin 's record long ago . )