Associations to the word «Pollock»

Wiktionary

POLLOCK, noun. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.
POLLOCK, verb. To fish for pollock.
POLLOCK, verb. To splatter, as with paint.
POLLOCK, proper noun. A surname.
POLLOCK, noun. A painting by Jackson Pollock.
POLLOCK, noun. Alternative spelling of Polack

Dictionary definition

POLLOCK, noun. United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956).
POLLOCK, noun. Lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish.
POLLOCK, noun. Important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats