pocket

[ pok-it ]

/ ˈpɒk ɪt /

noun

a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.

a bag or pouch.

means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to fit every pocket.

any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, hollow, or cavity.

an envelope, receptacle, etc., usually of heavy paper and open at one end, used for storing or preserving photographs, stamps, phonograph records, etc.: Each album has 12 pockets.

a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.

any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city.

Mining.

a small orebody or mass of ore, frequently isolated.
a bin for ore or rock storage.
a raise or small slope fitted with chute gates.

Billiards, Pool. any of the pouches or bags at the corners and sides of the table.

a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded.

Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.

Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike.

Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly in the area around the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.

Nautical. a holder consisting of a strip of sailcloth sewed to a sail, and containing a thin wooden batten that stiffens the leech of the sail.

Anatomy. any saclike cavity in the body: a pus pocket.

stage pocket.

an English unit of weight for hops equivalent to 168 pounds (76.4 kg).

adjective

small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.

relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country.

verb (used with object)

to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys.

to take possession of as one's own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds.

to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult.

to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride.

to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley.

Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket.

pocket-veto.

to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing.

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Idioms for pocket

in one's pocket, in one's possession; under one's influence: He has the audience in his pocket.

line one's pockets, to profit, especially at the expense of others: While millions were fighting and dying, the profiteers were lining their pockets.

out of pocket,

having suffered a financial loss; poorer: He had made unwise land purchases, and found himself several thousand dollars out of pocket.
lacking money.
Informal. not available; unreachable: I'll be out of pocket all afternoon.

Origin of pocket

1250–1300; Middle English poket < Old North French (Picard) poquet (Old French pochet, pochette), diminutive of poque < Middle Dutch poke poke²; see -et

SYNONYMS FOR pocket

21 steal, pilfer, appropriate, filch.

OTHER WORDS FROM pocket

pock·et·less, adjectivepock·et·like, adjectiveun·pock·et, verb (used with object)

Words nearby pocket

pocho, poché, pocill., pock, pocked, pocket, pocket battleship, pocket billiards, pocket borough, pocket calculator, pocket chisel

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British Dictionary definitions for in pocket

pocket

/ (ˈpɒkɪt) /

noun

a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc

any bag or pouch or anything resembling this

a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc, such as one containing gold or other ore
the ore in such a place

a small enclosed or isolated areaa pocket of resistance

billiards snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table

a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in

Australian rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the groundback pocket; forward pocket

Southern African a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit

in one's pocket under one's control

in pocket having made a profit, as after a transaction

in the pocket rugby (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt

out of pocket having made a loss, as after a transaction

line one's pockets to make money, esp by dishonesty when in a position of trust

(modifier) suitable for fitting in a pocket; smalla pocket edition

(modifier) poker slang denoting a pair formed from the two private cards dealt to a player in a game of Texas hold 'empocket queens

verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)

to put into one's pocket

to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal

(usually passive) to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket

to receive (an insult, injury, etc) without retaliating

to conceal or keep back (feelings)he pocketed his pride and accepted help

billiards snooker to drive (a ball) into a pocket

US (esp of the President) to retain (a bill) without acting on it in order to prevent it from becoming lawSee also pocket veto

to hem in (an opponent), as in racing

Derived forms of pocket

pocketable, adjectivepocketless, adjective

Word Origin for pocket

C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke ², bag; related to French poche pocket

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Medical definitions for in pocket

pocket

[ pŏk′ĭt ]

n.

In anatomy, a cul-de-sac or pouchlike cavity.

A diseased space between the inflamed gum and the surface of a tooth.

A collection of pus in a nearly closed sac.

v.

To enclose within a confined space.

To approach the surface at a localized spot, as with the thinned-out wall of an abscess which is about to rupture.

Idioms and Phrases with in pocket (1 of 2)

in pocket

Having funds; also, having a particular amount of extra funds that constitute a profit. For example, Tom's in pocket this week so let him treat us all, or After a day at the races she was a hundred dollars in pocket. [Mid-1700s] Also see in one's pocket.

Idioms and Phrases with in pocket (2 of 2)

pocket

In addition to the idioms beginning with pocket

pocket money
pocket veto

also see:

deep pockets
in one's pocket
in pocket
line one's pockets
money burns a hole in one's pocket
out of pocket

pocket

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verb (used with object)

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noun

verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)

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