pocket

A pocket is a pouch or enclosure sewn into clothing or into a small container.

(noun)

An example of a pocket is where people normally keep their wallet if they don't carry a bag.
An example of a pocket is a zippered compartment inside a bag where you'd keep your keys.

The definition of pocket is someone or something that's very small or smaller than usual.

(adjective)

An example of pocket is a notepad that will fit in the pouch sewn into the back of your pants; a pocket notepad.
An example of pocket is the sugar glider possum; the pocket possum.

Pocket is defined as to hide away or take something in a deceptive way.

(verb)

An example of pocket is someone hiding the way they really feel about something.
An example of pocket is a cashier stealing money from their register.

See pocket in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Archaic a sack, esp. when used to measure something
1. a little bag or pouch, now usually sewn into or on clothing, for carrying money and small articles
2. 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.
1. a cavity filled with ore, oil, gas, or water
2. 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

Origin: ME poket < Anglo-Fr pokete, for MFr dial. poquette, dim. of poque, poche: see poach

adjective

transitive verb

See pocket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, pouch, small bag

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman pokete

Origin: , diminutive of Old North French poke, bag

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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