pocket
n
1 a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc.
2 any bag or pouch or anything resembling this
a a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc., such as one containing gold or other ore
b the ore in such a place
4 a small enclosed or isolated area
a pocket of resistance
5 any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table
6 a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in
7 (Australian Rules football) a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground
back pocket, forward pocket
8 (S. African) a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit
9 ♦
in one's pocket under one's control
10 ♦
in or out of pocket having made a profit or loss, as after a transaction
11 ♦
line one's pockets to make money, esp. by dishonesty when in a position of trust
12 modifier suitable for fitting in a pocket; small
a pocket edition
vb , -ets, -eting, -eted tr
13 to put into one's pocket
14 to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal
15 usually passive to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket
16 to receive (an insult, injury, etc.) without retaliating
17 to conceal or keep back (feelings)
he pocketed his pride and accepted help
18 (Billiards, etc.) to drive (a ball) into a pocket
19 (U.S.) (esp. of the President) to retain (a bill) without acting on it in order to prevent it from becoming law
See also →
pocket veto
20 to hem in (an opponent), as in racing
(C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke2, bag; related to French poche pocket)
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pocketable adj
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pocketless adj