Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pocky

/ˈpɑki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: pocky
IPA: /ˈpɑki/

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.

Example Sentences

"Faith, if 'a be not rotten before 'a die (as we have many pocky corpses that will scarce hold the laying in) 'a will last you some eight year [...]"
"‘You Damn'd Confounded Pocky Whore, I am glad we are met, for now will I give you as many Stripes as I've taken Pills, Bolus's, and other Hellish Slip-slops on your Account.’"

Etymology

From pock + -y.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɑki/
British English: /ˈpɒki/

Inflected Forms

more pocky (comparative) pockier (comparative) most pocky (superlative) pockiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

pockily pockiness

Rhymes With

hockey rocky jockey cocky stocky blocky locky jocky schlocky oche crocky flocky

Questions

How do you pronounce pocky?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑki/.
What does pocky mean?: Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
Where does pocky come from?: From pock + -y.

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