Definitions for pocketˈpɒk ɪt

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pock•etˈpɒk ɪt(n.)

a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles.
Category: Clothing
means; financial resources:
gifts to suit every pocket.
a bag or pouch.
any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, or cavity.
an isolated group, area, or element contrasted with a surrounding element or group:
pockets of resistance.
Category: Common Vocabulary
a small, well-defined mass of ore, frequently isolated.
Category: Mining
any of the pouches at the corners and sides of a pool table.
Category: Games
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, usu. a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.
Category: Sports and Games
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 the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.
Category: Sports and Games
a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.
Category: Building Trades
Ref: air pocket.
(adj.)small enough for carrying in the pocket:
a pocket calculator.
relatively small; small-scale:
a pocket war.
(v.t.)to put into one's pocket:
to pocket one's keys.
to take as one's own, often dishonestly; appropriate:
to pocket public funds.
to endure without protest:
to pocket an insult.
to conceal or suppress:
to pocket one's pride.
to enclose; confine; hem in or as if in a pocket:
The town was pocketed in a small valley.
to drive (a ball) into the pocket of a pool table.
Category: Games
to retain (a legislative bill) without action and thus prevent from becoming a law.
Category: Government

Idioms for pocket:

in someone's pocket,completely under someone's influence.
Category: Idiom
line one's pockets,to profit, esp. at the expense of others.
Category: Idiom
out of pocket,having suffered a financial loss; poorer.
Category: Idiom

Origin of pocket:

1250–1300; ME poket < ONF (Picard) poquet (OF pochet, pochette), dim. of poque < MD pokepoke2; see -et

Princeton's WordNet

pocket(noun)
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
pouch, sac, sack, pocket(noun)
an enclosed space
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
pocket(noun)
a supply of money
"they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
pocket(noun)
(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"
scoop, pocket(noun)
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
air pocket, pocket, air hole(noun)
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
pocket(noun)
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"
pouch, pocket(noun)
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
pocket(verb)
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
pocket(verb)
put in one's pocket
"He pocketed the change"
pocket, bag(verb)
take unlawfully

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

pocket(noun)ˈpɒk ɪt
a bag-like part of a piece of clothing, bag, etc.
He put the key in his jeans pocket.; the pocket on the back of the seats on a plane
pocketˈpɒk ɪt
a place where sth began or continues
pockets of resistance against the government
pocketˈpɒk ɪt
the money sb has to spend
She paid for a new computer out of her own pocket.
pocket(verb)ˈpɒk ɪt
to steal or take for yourself
He pocketed the rest of the money.
pocket(adjective)ˈpɒk ɪt
small
a pocket dictionary

Wiktionary

pocket(Noun)
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
pocket(Noun)
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.
pocket(Noun)
An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
pocket(Noun)
An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river (Australian English)
pocket(Noun)
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.
pocket(Noun)
The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
pocket(Noun)
An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
pocket(Verb)
To put (something) into a pocket.
pocket(Verb)
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
pocket(Verb)
To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
pocket(Verb)
To shoplift, to steal.
pocket(Adjective)
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
pocket dictionary
pocket(Adjective)
Smaller or more compact than usual.
pocket battleship
pocket(Adjective)
Referring to the two initial hole cards.
A pocket pair of kings.

Origin: From pocket, from poket, diminutive of poque, poke, of origin, from *, from puk-, from buk-. Cognate with poke, Pfoch, pocca, pohha, poki. See also Modern pochette.

Webster Dictionary

Pocket(noun)
a bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth
Pocket(noun)
one of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven
Pocket(noun)
a large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc
Pocket(noun)
a hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like
Pocket(noun)
a cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity
Pocket(noun)
a hole containing water
Pocket(noun)
a strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace
Pocket(noun)
same as Pouch
Pocket(verb)
to put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change
Pocket(verb)
to take clandestinely or fraudulently