['pɒkɪt] or ['pɑkɪt]
Definition
(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'; 'the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance'.
(noun.) a supply of money; 'they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets'.
(noun.) (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'.
(verb.) put in one's pocket; 'He pocketed the change'.
(verb.) take unlawfully.
Typist: Nathaniel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
(n.) One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
(n.) A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
(n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
(n.) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
(n.) A hole containing water.
(n.) A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
(n.) Same as Pouch.
(v. t.) To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
(v. t.) To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
Edited by Brent
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pouch.
v. a. [Colloquial.] Endure (as an affront), suffer, bear, tolerate, put up with.
Typed by Edwina
Definition
n. a little pouch or bag esp. one attached to a dress or to a billiard table: any cavity in which anything can lie: in mining an irregular cavity filled with veinstone and ore: money as being carried in the pocket: a bag of wool &c. containing about 168 lb.—v.t. to put in the pocket: to take stealthily: to conceal:—pr.p. pock′eting; pa.t. and pa.p. pock′eted.—ns. Pock′et-book a note-book: a book for holding papers or money carried in the pocket: a book for frequent perusal to be carried in the pocket; Pock′et-bor′ough (see Borough); Pock′et-cloth a pocket-handkerchief; Pock′etful as much as a pocket will hold; Pock′et-glass a small looking-glass for the pocket; Pock′et-hand′kerchief a handkerchief carried in the pocket; Pock′et-hole the opening into a pocket; Pock′et-knife a knife with one or more blades folding into the handle for carrying in the pocket; Pock′et-mon′ey money carried for occasional expenses; Pock′et-pick′ing act or practice of picking the pocket; Pock′et-pis′tol a pistol carried in the pocket: a small travelling flask for liquor.—Pocket an insult affront &c. to submit to or put up with it; Pocket edition a small portable edition of a standard book.—In pocket in possession of money; Out of pocket to lose money by a transaction; Pick a person's pocket to steal from his pocket.
Editor: Sasha
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of your pocket, is a sign of evil demonstrations against you.
Editor: Sheldon
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive and her conscience denied burial remains ever alive confessing the sins of others.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- If you have got the value of the stone in your pocket, answered Mr. Franklin, say so, Betteredge, and in it goes! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have only one pocket-handkerchief, he added, but if I had twenty, I would offer you each one. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As he was returning the box to his waistcoat pocket, a loud bell rang for the servants' dinner; he knew what it was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He rummaged in his coat pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper, he laid it out upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I'm awfully lopsided, you know, and stowed down in my pocket it'll trim the ship. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The marriage was scarcely in accord with the old man's wishes, for the bandmaster's pockets were as light as his occupation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His pockets were as full of it as his head. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Wemmick leaned back in his chair, staring at me, with his hands in the pockets of his trousers, and his pen put horizontally into the post. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom's handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Master Bardell put his hands deeper down into his pockets, and nodded exactly thirty-five times, to imply that it was the lady-lodger, and no other. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There is no art which one government sooner learns of another, than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- After a moment's wrestle with him, Flintwinch gave up, and put his hands in his pockets. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There is a dreadful amount of forcible scrubbing and arranging and pocketing implied in some socialisms. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But I suppose you're too busy pocketing the ready money, to think of the debtors, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A pick-pocketing case, your worship. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It was too late to do it now, however; so he shook his head gravely, and, pocketing the five guineas, withdrew. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He pocketed the letter, and, bowing to Eustacia, went away. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And Christian went back and privately pocketed them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The hasp snapped sharply in its hole, and Miss Ophelia turned the key, and pocketed it in triumph. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He locked the desk, pocketed all the property, and went. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Christian pocketed the moneybags, promised the greatest carefulness, and set out on his way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The cheque was written by the little gentleman, and pocketed by Mr. Jingle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But there were more accidents and more delays in travel by coach than by train, and so, one by one, they pocketed their pride and capitulated. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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