pocket
noun
- Archaic a sack, esp. when used to measure something
- a little bag or pouch, now usually sewn into or on clothing, for carrying money and small articles
- any usually small container, compartment, enclosure, etc.
- a cavity that holds or can hold something
- a small area or group of a specified type: a pocket of poverty
- a confining or frustrating situation
- financial resources; funds; means: a drain on one's pocket
- a position of being hemmed in by other contestants so as to be held back
- Aeron. air pocket
- ☆ Baseball a hollow in a baseball mitt where the ball can be securely caught and held
- Bowling the space between two pins, esp. the head pin and the pin next to it
- Football the protected area behind the offensive line, from which the quarterback passes the ball
- Geol.
- a cavity filled with ore, oil, gas, or water
- a small deposit of ore
- Pool any of the pouches at the sides and corners of a billiard or pool table
- Zool. a sac or pouch in an animal's body
adjective
- that is or can be carried in a pocket
- smaller than standard
- not widespread; contained; isolated: pocket resistance
transitive verb
- to put into a pocket
- to provide with a pocket or pockets
- to envelop; enclose
- to take dishonestly; appropriate (money, profits, etc.) for one's own use
- to put up with (an insult, gibe, etc.) without answering or showing anger
- to hide, suppress, or set aside: pocket one's pride
- ☆ Politics to prevent passage of (a bill) by the pocket veto
See pocket in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pŏkˈĭt)
noun- A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
- A small sack or bag.
- A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
- Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket.
a. A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
b. A small body or accumulation of ore.
- A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
- Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
- Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
- Sports A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side.
a. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters.
b. Football The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball.
- An air pocket.
- A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.
adjective- Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.
- Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.
transitive verb pock·et·ed,
pock·et·ing,
pock·ets - To place in or as if in a pocket.
- To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.
a. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
b. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.
- To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
- Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
- Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.
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