pock

/pɑk/
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Other forms: pocked; pocks; pocking

Definitions of pock
  1. verb
    mark with a scar
    synonyms: mark, pit, scar
    mark, nock, score
    make small marks into the surface of
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    pockmark
    mark with or as if with pockmarks
    cicatrise, cicatrize
    form a scar, after an injury
    type of:
    blemish, deface, disfigure
    mar or spoil the appearance of
  2. noun
    a pustule in an eruptive disease
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    type of:
    pustule
    a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus
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