# pock

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɒk/ · frequency rank #76,223

## Definitions
1. A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
2. Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pock