pouk

pouk

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pouk (plural pouks)

  1. Alternative form of puck (“mischievous or hostile spirit”).
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:pouk.

Etymology 2

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puːk/

Noun

pouk (plural pouks)

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

Scots

Verb

pouk

  1. To pluck
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