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Quick definitions from WordNet (pocket)
▸ noun: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
▸ noun: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
▸ noun: a small isolated group of people ("They were concentrated in pockets inside the city")
▸ noun: a supply of money ("They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets")
▸ noun: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left ("The ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike")
▸ noun: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
▸ noun: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
▸ noun: a hollow concave shape made by removing something
▸ noun: an enclosed space ("The trapped miners found a pocket of air")
▸ verb: put in one's pocket ("He pocketed the change")
▸ verb: take unlawfully
▸ Also see pockets
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▸ Idioms related to pocket (New!)
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▸ noun: a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
▸ noun: an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
▸ noun: a small isolated group of people ("They were concentrated in pockets inside the city")
▸ noun: a supply of money ("They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets")
▸ noun: (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left ("The ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike")
▸ noun: (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
▸ noun: a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
▸ noun: a hollow concave shape made by removing something
▸ noun: an enclosed space ("The trapped miners found a pocket of air")
▸ verb: put in one's pocket ("He pocketed the change")
▸ verb: take unlawfully
▸ Also see pockets
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pocket
▸ Usage examples for pocket
▸ Idioms related to pocket (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing pocket
▸ Words that often appear near pocket
▸ Rhymes of pocket
▸ Invented words related to pocket