: a pustule in an eruptive disease (such as smallpox)
also
: a spot suggesting such a pustule
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Noun
noticed strange pocks on his torso
Verb
one of the many craters that pock the moon's surface
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
Barks, not the pock of tennis balls, were heard across the sunny, 40-acre (16-hectare) grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
—Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 6 May 2023
Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The terrain appears completely untouched by man, but a closer look reveals dozens of cavities pocked across the rolling hills.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Noun
They were riddled with lesions, pock marks and holes.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
Barks, not the pock of tennis balls, were heard across the sunny, 40-acre (16-hectare) grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
—Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 6 May 2023
Verb
Herr was waiting for him at the top, where the rock formations were bleached and pocked with fossils.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
The terrain appears completely untouched by man, but a closer look reveals dozens of cavities pocked across the rolling hills.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Pock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pock. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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pock
noun
: a pustule in an eruptive disease (as smallpox)
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