ALL meanings of pocket
pock·et
P p - noun pocket a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles. 1
- noun pocket a bag or pouch. 1
- noun pocket means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to fit every pocket. 1
- noun pocket any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, hollow, or cavity. 1
- noun pocket an envelope, receptacle, etc., usually of heavy paper and open at one end, used for storing or preserving photographs, stamps, phonograph records, etc.: Each album has 12 pockets. 1
- noun pocket a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc. 1
- noun pocket any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city. 1
- noun pocket Mining. a small orebody or mass of ore, frequently isolated. a bin for ore or rock storage. a raise or small slope fitted with chute gates. 1
- noun pocket Billiards, Pool. any of the pouches or bags at the corners and sides of the table. 1
- noun pocket a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded. 1
- noun pocket Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers. 1
- noun pocket Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike. 1
- noun pocket Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly in the area around the center of the palm, where most balls are caught. 1
- noun pocket Nautical. a holder consisting of a strip of sailcloth sewed to a sail, and containing a thin wooden batten that stiffens the leech of the sail. 1
- noun pocket Anatomy. any saclike cavity in the body: a pus pocket. 1
- noun pocket stage pocket. 1
- noun pocket an English unit of weight for hops equivalent to 168 pounds (76.4 kg). 1
- adjective pocket small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch. 1
- adjective pocket relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country. 1
- verb with object pocket to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys. 1
- verb with object pocket to take possession of as one's own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds. 1
- verb with object pocket to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult. 1
- verb with object pocket to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride. 1
- verb with object pocket to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley. 1
- verb with object pocket Billiards, Pool. to drive (a ball) into a pocket. 1
- abbreviation POCKET pocket-veto. 1
- verb with object pocket to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing. 1
- idioms pocket in one's pocket, in one's possession; under one's influence: He has the audience in his pocket. 1
- idioms pocket line one's pockets, to profit, especially at the expense of others: While millions were fighting and dying, the profiteers were lining their pockets. 1
- idioms pocket out of pocket, having suffered a financial loss; poorer: He had made unwise land purchases, and found himself several thousand dollars out of pocket. lacking money. Informal. not available; unreachable: I'll be out of pocket all afternoon. 1
- noun pocket in clothes 1
- transitive verb pocket put in pocket 1
- transitive verb pocket take unlawfully 1
- adjective pocket able to be carried in a pocket 1
- abbreviation POCKET pouch 1
- noun pocket pool table 1
- noun pocket small group or area 1
- noun pocket financial resources 1
- verb pocket to hem in (an opponent), as in racing 0
- noun pocket a sack, esp. when used to measure something 0
- noun pocket a little bag or pouch, now usually sewn into or on clothing, for carrying money and small articles 0
- noun pocket any usually small container, compartment, enclosure, etc. 0
- noun pocket a cavity that holds or can hold something 0
- noun pocket a small area or group of a specified type 0
- noun pocket a confining or frustrating situation 0
- noun pocket financial resources; funds; means 0
- noun pocket a position of being hemmed in by other contestants so as to be held back 0
- noun pocket air pocket 0
- noun pocket a hollow in a baseball mitt where the ball can be securely caught and held 0
- noun pocket the space between two pins, esp. the head pin and the pin next to it 0