pollock(n = noun.person) jackson pollock - United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956);
A marine gadoid fish (Pollachius carbonarius), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called coalfish, lob, podley, podling, pollack, etc. [1913 Webster]