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ˈpɒkɪt
- a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles
"she fished for her door key in her coat pocket"
- a flexible compartment providing separate storage space, for example in a suitcase or car door
"the pack has two main compartments and four pockets"
- used in reference to a person's financial resources
"the food was all priced to suit the hard-up airman's pocket"
- a small patch of something
"some of the gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them"
- a small, isolated group or area
"there were pockets of disaffection in parts of the country"
- a cavity in a rock or stratum filled with ore or other material
- an air pocket
- an opening at the corner or on the side of the table into which balls are struck
- the hollow in the center of a baseball glove or mitt where the ball can best be caught
- the protected area behind the offensive line from which the quarterback throws passes
- (in bowling) the space between the head pin and the pin immediately behind it on the left or right
- a narrow sack in which agricultural produce is sold, used as a measure for trading
"consumers are paying the same for 10 kg pockets of potatoes as they paid for 15 kg pockets last year"
- of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket
"a pocket German dictionary"
minute small-scale scaled-down mini baby toy pocket fun-size petite dwarfish knee-high miniature minuscule microscopic nanoscopic infinitesimal micro microscale diminutive pocket-sized reduced Lilliputian- on a small scale
"a 6,000 acre pocket paradise"
- put into one's pocket
"she watched him lock up and pocket the key"
steal take for oneself help oneself to appropriate misappropriate thieve purloin embezzle expropriate- take or receive (money or other valuables) for oneself, especially dishonestly
"local politicians were found to have been pocketing the proceeds of fund-raisers"
- drive (a ball) into a pocket
"he pocketed the 8-ball on the break for a victory in the title game"
- enclose as though in a pocket
"the fillings can be pocketed in a pitta bread"
- suppress (one's feelings) and proceed despite them
"they were prepared to pocket their pride"