pocket

Plural: pockets

Noun

• a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
• an enclosed space
  • "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
• a supply of money
  • "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
• (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"
• a hollow concave shape made by removing something
• a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
• 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"
• (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
• A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
• A person's financial resources.
• An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
• An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
• An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
• The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
• The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
• An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
• The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
• The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
• A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
• A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
• A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
• A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
• The pouch of an animal.
• The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
• A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
• A bight on a lee shore.
• A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
• A small, isolated group or area.
• A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.

Verb

Verb Forms: pocketed, pocketing, pockets

• To place in a pouch; to take for oneself.
• put in one's pocket
  • "He pocketed the change"
• take unlawfully
• To put (something) into a pocket.
• To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
• To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
• To put up with; to bear without complaint.

Adj

• Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
• Smaller or more compact than usual.
• Belonging to the two initial hole cards.

Examples

• a pocket dictionary
• a pocket pair of kings
• He managed to POCKET a crucial 10 points by playing a small, strategic word.
• I paid for it out of my own pocket.
• in the pocket
• pocket battleship
• pocket beach
• Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
• The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
• The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.

Synonyms

air hole, air pocket, bag, pouch, sac, sack, scoop, backfield, passing pocket, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketbook, pot, tackle box, trouser

Related Words

bag, poke, pouch, purse, sack

Anagrams of pocket