Pocket /(?)/

Pock·et

Pocket

n.
  1. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;

Pocket

n.
  1. A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
  2. One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
  3. A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
  4. A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like. (Arch.)
  5. A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity. (Mining.)
  6. A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace. (Nat.)
  7. Same as Pouch. (Zool.)
  8. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use; (Dentistry)
  9. An isolated group or area which has properties in contrast to the surrounding area; as, a pocket of poverty in an affluent region; pockets of resistance in a conquered territory; a pocket of unemployment in a booming ecomony.
  10. The area from which a quarterback throws a pass, behind the line of scrimmage, delineated by the defensive players of his own team who protect him from attacking opponents; as, he had ample time in the pocket to choose an open receiver. (Football)
  11. The part of a baseball glove covering the palm of the wearer's hand. (Baseball)
  12. the space between the head pin and one of the pins in the second row, considered as the optimal point at which to aim the bowling ball in order to get a strike. (Bowling)

Phrases & Compounds
deep pocket
wealth or substantial financial assets.
Out of pocket
See under Out, prep.
Pocket borough
a borough “owned” by some person.
Pocket gopher
any one of several species of American rodents of the genera Geomys, and Thomomys, family Geomydæ. They have large external cheek pouches, and are fossorial in their habits. they inhabit North America, from the Mississippi Valley west to the Pacific. Called also pouched gopher.
Pocket mouse
any species of American mice of the family Saccomyidæ. They have external cheek pouches. Some of them are adapted for leaping (genus Dipadomys), and are called kangaroo mice. They are native of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, etc.
Pocket piece
a piece of money kept in the pocket and not spent.
Pocket pistol
a pistol to be carried in the pocket.
Pocket sheriff
a sheriff appointed by the sole authority of the crown, without a nomination by the judges in the exchequer.

Pocket

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pocketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pocketing

  1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
    He would pocket the expense of the license.
  2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
    He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead.

Phrases & Compounds
To pocket a ball
to drive a ball into a pocket of the table.
To pocket an insult, affront,
to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress.