pock

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒk/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɑk/ Rhymes: -ɒk === Noun === pock (plural pocks) A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked) To scar or mark with pits === See also === yen pock (etymologically unrelated)