: a pustule in an eruptive disease (such as smallpox)
also
: a spot suggesting such a pustule
Examples of pock in a Sentence
Noun
noticed strange pocks on his torso
Verb
one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Unlicensed cannabis stores that a year ago pock-marked the urban landscape have been shuttered on block after block (though plenty remain).
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
De la Torre listened, tracking as the pygmy marmosets made their way from their sleeping tree toward the amber trunk, which was pocked with their gouges and oozing clear resin.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The heavy makeup that transformed the impossibly handsome Farrell into the scarred and pock-marked Cobb required a lot of hard work and artistry from makeup designer Michael Marino, who spoke about his process during The Penguin’s panel at San Diego Comic Con back in July.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Unlicensed cannabis stores that a year ago pock-marked the urban landscape have been shuttered on block after block (though plenty remain).
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
In a music doc landscape pocked with overwrought hagiographies, The Makings of Curtis Mayfield does distinguish itself.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
De la Torre listened, tracking as the pygmy marmosets made their way from their sleeping tree toward the amber trunk, which was pocked with their gouges and oozing clear resin.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Pock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pock. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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pock
noun
: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox)
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