noun
- 1
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
- 2
an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
- 3
(anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
- 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
a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- 6
a supply of money
they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
- 7
a hollow concave shape made by removing something
- 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
an enclosed space
the trapped miners found a pocket of air
verb
- 1
put in one's pocket
He pocketed the change
- 2
take unlawfully
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