- pocked
- adjective1. used of paved surfaces having holes or pits• Syn: ↑pockmarked, ↑potholed2. marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease• Syn: ↑pockmarked• Similar to: ↑blemished
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/pokt/, adj.marked with pustules or with pits left by them; pitted.[POCK + -ED3]* * *
pocked adjective• • •Main Entry: ↑pock* * *
pocked adjthe moon's pocked surface
a bullet-pocked wall [=a wall that bullets have pocked]
The road was pocked with potholes.
a face pocked with scars
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having holes or hollow marks on the surface•
The surface of the moon is pocked with craters.
Word Origin:[pocked] Old English poc ‘pustule’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pok and German Pocke. Compare with ↑pox + ↑-ed.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.