pockmark I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology:pock (I) + mark : a mark, pit, or depressed scar caused by smallpox II. transitive verb : to cover with or as if with pockmarks : pit, scar < the mines that pockmarked the great coal and iron fields — Oscar Handlin > < the field was pockmarked with bomb craters — W.D.Edmonds >