pocket

means; financial resources: The store carried 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.

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 their 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 kilograms).

to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: She can't be expected to pocket an insult like that.

to conceal or suppress: If you want to make it in this industry, you'll have to pocket your 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.

a small enclosed or isolated area: a 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 ground: back 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; small: a pocket edition

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

(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 law: See also pocket veto

to hem in (an opponent), as in racing