1 : a mark, pit, or
depressed scar caused by smallpox,
chickenpox, acne, or another skin-marring incident
2 : any imperfection or
depression like a pockmark
3 : when a lot of something pops up and blemishes something
1 after my
chickenpox, i was pockmarked here and there (where the blisters had popped)
2 dropping that anvil left a pockmark
on the ground ; the moon is pockmarked with craters
3 the city is now pockmarked with
expensive coffee chains like starbucks ; geo. w. bush's presidency is pockmarked with idiocy