pouk

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/puːk/

noun

A small boil, pimple, or pustule.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:pouk.”

OriginMiddle English poke ← Old English poc ← Proto-West Germanic *pokk →
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Meanings

pouk1

nounpouk (plural pouks)

plural pouks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of puck (“mischievous or hostile spirit”).

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:pouk.

pouk2

nounpouk (plural pouks)

plural pouks · alternative powk

  1. A small boil, pimple, or pustule.
  2. A blister.
  3. A sty.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*pokk
  2. Old Englishpoc
  3. Middle Englishpoke
  4. Englishpouk

Apparently a dialectal variant of Middle English poke, a variant of pok, pock, pocke, from Old English poc, pocc (“pustule, pimple”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk. More at pock.

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Cite this entry
APA

pouk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouk

MLA

“pouk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pouk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pouk.

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