pocket

noun

  1. 1

    a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

  2. 2

    an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

  3. 3

    (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

  4. 4

    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

  5. 5

    a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

  6. 6

    a supply of money

    they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets

  7. 7

    a hollow concave shape made by removing something

  8. 8

    (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

  9. 9

    an enclosed space

    the trapped miners found a pocket of air

verb

  1. 1

    put in one's pocket

    He pocketed the change

  2. 2

    take unlawfully

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