Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for pock

Synonyms for pock

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pok
Phonetic Transcription : pÉ’k

Définition of pock

Origin :
  • Old English pocc "pustule, blister, ulcer," from Proto-Germanic *puh(h)- "to swell up, blow up" (cf. Middle Dutch pocke, Dutch pok, East Frisian pok, Low German poche, dialectal German Pfoche), from PIE root *beu- "to swell, to blow" (see bull (n.2)). Middle French pocque is from Germanic. The plural form, Middle English pokkes, is the source of pox, which since early 14c. has been used in the sense "disease characterized by pocks."
  • noun flaw
Example sentences :
  • Better the mother wi' the pock, than the faither wi' the sack.
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • He that puts the cat in the pock kens best how to tak her out.
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • Ye're like the miller's dog—ye lick your lips ere the pock be opened.
  • Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
  • I have an old crow to pluck with him, and a pock to put the feathers in.'
  • Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott
  • And has there been a rising on the Border side against the English pock puddings?
  • Extract from : « A Modern Telemachus » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The pock is usually mature by the sixth day of the eruption.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
  • At length she began to open her eyes, her lowness of spirits left her, the pock dried up, and her appetite returned.
  • Extract from : « The Looking-Glass for the Mind » by M. Berquin
  • That her sister Magdalena was a small person, with a face likewise ugly and pock marked; other characteristics forgotten.
  • Extract from : « Records of The Spanish Inquisition » by Andrew Dickson White
  • I'll tie up yer jaw wid me pock'-handkercher, so as ye can't open ut at all.
  • Extract from : « Toto's Merry Winter » by Laura E. Richards
  • Pock, pok, n. a small elevation of the skin containing matter, as in smallpox.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various

Antonyms for pock

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019