pocket Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
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noun an enclosed space
sac; pouch; sack.
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
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noun a supply of money
- they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
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noun (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
- the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
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noun a hollow concave shape made by removing something
scoop.
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noun a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
air pocket; air hole.
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noun a small isolated group of people
- they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
- the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
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noun (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
pouch.
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noun an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
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verb put in one's pocket
- He pocketed the change
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verb take unlawfully
bag.
WordNet
Pock"et noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
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A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth. -
One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven. -
A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc. ✍ In the wool or hop trade, the pocket contains half sack, or about 168 Ibs.; but it is a variable quantity, the articles being sold by actual weight. -
(Arch.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. -
(Mining.) (a) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (b) A hole containing water. -
(Nat.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. -
(Zoöl.) Same as Pouch .✍ Pocket is often used adjectively, or in the formation of compound words usually of obvious signification; as, pocket comb, pocket compass, pocket edition, pocket handkerchief, pocket money, pocket picking, or pocket-picking, etc.
Pock"et transitive verb
Wordforms
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To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to .pocket the changeHe would pocket the expense of the license. Sterne.
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To take clandestinely or fraudulently. He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. Macaulay.
Shak.