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Pollock

//ˈpɑlək// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Grant Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Sullivan County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Campbell County, South Dakota. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
  2. 2
    A painting by Jackson Pollock.
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of Polack. alt-of, alternative

    ""Maybe I'm a dumb Pollock. Is that too simple?" Krzyzewski's arguments were well-founded."

  4. 4
    important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod wordnet
  5. 5
    lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To fish for pollock.
  2. 2
    To splatter, as with paint.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Etymology 2

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Etymology 3

From Jackson Pollock, an American artist who painted in splatters.

Etymology 4

Related to Polk.

Etymology 5

Related to Polk.

Etymology 6

See Polack.

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