pock·et (p k  t)n. 1. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt. 2. A small sack or bag. 3. A receptacle, cavity, or opening. 4. Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket. 5. a. A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore. b. A small body or accumulation of ore. 6. A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial. 7. Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table. 8. Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught. 9. Sports A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side. 10. a. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters. b. Football The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball. 11. An air pocket. 12. A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials. adj. 1. Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary. 2. Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum. tr.v. pock·et·ed, pock·et·ing, pock·ets Idioms: 1. To place in or as if in a pocket. 2. To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance. 3. a. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example). b. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise. 4. To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature. 5. Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race. 6. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table. in (one's) pocket In one's power, influence, or possession: The defendant had the jury in his pocket. in pocket 1. Having funds. 2. Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount: was a hundred dollars in pocket after a day at the races. [Middle English, pouch, small bag, from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of Old North French poke, bag, of Germanic origin.] pock et·a·ble adj.pock et·less adj. |
Noun
1. a small pouch sewn into clothing for carrying small articles
2. any pouchlike container, esp. for catching balls at the edge of a snooker table
3. a small isolated area or group: a pocket of resistance
4. a cavity in the earth, such as one containing ore
5. in one's pocket under one's control
6. out of pocket having made a loss
Verb
[-eting, -eted]
1. to put into one's pocket
2. to take secretly or dishonestly
3. Billiards etc. to drive (a ball) into a pocket
4. to conceal or suppress: he pocketed his pride and asked for help
Adjective
small: a pocket edition [Anglo-Norman poket a little bag]
Pocket a collection or small quantity, as of ore. See also layer.
Examples: pocket of air; of clay crops, 1872; of earth; of gold, 1850; of hops, 1767; of nuggets of gold, 1896; of red soil, 1893; of water, 1852; of wool (half a sack), 1706.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  pocket - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articlesbreast pocket - a pocket inside of a man's coat garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" hip pocket - a pocket in rear of trousers patch pocket - a flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment pocket flap - a flap that covers the access to a pocket pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things slash pocket - a pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garment vest pocket - a small pocket in a man's vest |
| 2. |  pocket - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"enclosed space, cavity - space that is surrounded by something | |
| 3. | pocket - a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" | |
| 4. | pocket - (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" bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" | |
| 5. | pocket - a hollow concave shape made by removing something | |
| 6. | pocket - a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere | |
| 7. | pocket - 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" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | |
| 8. | pocket - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus - thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food atrial auricle, auricle, auricula atrii - a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart auricular appendage, auricular appendix, auricula - a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal cheek pouch - a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) marsupium - an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled scrotum - the external pouch that contains the testes anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | |
| 9. | pocket - an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck corner pocket - a pocket at the corner of a billiard table billiard table, pool table, snooker table - game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played side pocket - a pocket on the side of a billiard table | |
| Verb | 1. | pocket - put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| 2. |  pocket - take unlawfully steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
Translations
pocket [ˈpɔkɪt] n → bolsillo; [of air,] (GEO), (fig) → bolsa;
(BILLIARDS) → tronera
vt → meter en el bolsillo (= steal); embolsarse;
(BILLIARDS) → entronerar;
pocket of resistance → foco de resistencia;
to be out of pocket → salir perdiendo;
to be £5 in/out of pocket → salir ganando/perdiendo 5 libras
pocket [ˈpɔkɪt] n → Tasche f (fig) (= small area); vereinzelter Bereich m
vt (= put in one's pocket, steal) → einstecken;
pocket of resistance → Widerstandsnest nt
n pocket [ˈpokit]
1 a small bag sewn into or on to clothes, for carrying things in He stood with his hands in his pockets; a coat-pocket; (also adjective ) a pocket-handkerchief, a pocket-knife. sak جَيْب джоб kapsa; kapesní lomme; -lomme; lomme- die Tasche; Taschen-... τσέπη bolsillo tasku جیب tasku (de) poche כִּיס जेब džep zseb saku vasi tasca; da tasca ポケット 호주머니 kišenė; kišeninis kabata; kabatas- poket zak lomme(-) kieszeń bolso (de) buzunar карман vrecko; vreckový žep džep ficka กระเป๋าเสื้อหรือกางเกง cep 衣袋 кишеня جيب túi 衣袋
2 a small bag attached to the corners and sides of a billiard-table etc to catch the balls. sak جَيْب في طاولة البلياردو джоб vak, kapsa lomme; net das Loch τσέπη tronera võrkauk کیسه pussi poche כִּיס बिल्यर्ड टेबी इत्यादि के किनारों में लगा एक छोटी सी थैली u uglovima i na stranama biljarskog stola lyuk (biliárdasztalban) kantung vasi buca 玉受け (당구대의 공이 굴러 들어가는) 포켓 kišenė maks poket zak hull łuza ventanilha gaură луза vrecko, vak luknja (pri biljardu) rupe u bilijarskom stolu hål หลุมบิลเลียด cep (彈子球臺四角的)球袋 луза تھيلي túi hứng bi a （弹子球台四角的）球袋
3 a small isolated area or group a pocket of warm air. borrel, groep جَيْب هوائي затворено място kapsa lomme der Einschluß θύλακας bolsa (vastupanu)kolle, (õhu)auk توده pesäke poche כִּיס एक अलग-थलग क्षेत्र या समूह opkoljeno područje légzsák kantung afmarkað svæði; einangraður hópur sacca 区域 고립된 구역; 일단 duobė gaisa bedre kawasan ge{#225}{#139}{#225}soleerd gebied, groepje lomme, hull obszar, komora, przestrzeń bolsa zonă район, очаг oblasť otoček džep ficka พื้นที่ขนาดเล็ก bölge, küme, grup 孤立的小塊地區 район, зона الگ تھلگ علاقہ يا جماعت nhóm biệt lập 孤立的小块地区
4 (a person's) income or amount of money available for spending a range of prices to suit every pocket. sak مَدْخول، مال доход kapsa indkomst; pengepung der Geldbeutel εισόδημα bolsillo tasku درآمد؛ پول kukkaro bourse דְמֵי כִּיס किसी व्यक्ति की आय या खर्च के लिए उपलब्ध धनराशि fig.novci zseb daya beli pyngja; tekjur, efni tasca ふところ 자력(資力), 재력 kišenė ienākumi; naudas līdzekļi pendapatan beurs lommebok kieszeń bolso bani de buzunar средства vrecko, príjem žep džep plånbok, portmonnä รายได้ bütçe, cep 金錢，零用錢 гроші جيب خرچ túi tiền 金钱，零用钱
v
1 to put in a pocket He pocketed his wallet; He pocketed the red ball. in sy sak steek يَضَعُ في الجَيْب прибирам в джоб dát si do kapsy stikke i lommen einstecken βάζω στην τσέπη meterse/en el guardar bolsillo taskusse pistma در جیب گذاشتن laittaa taskuun, lyödä pussiin dans la mettre/sa poche לְהַכנִיס לַכִּיס जेब में रखना staviti u džep zsebre tesz mengantungi setja í vasa mettere in tasca ポケットに入れる 호주머니에 넣다 į(si)dėti į kišenę ielikt kabatā memasukkan ke dlm poket in zijn zak steken stikke i lomma wkładać do kieszeni meter no bolso a băga în buzunar класть в карман dať (si) do vrecka dati v žep staviti u džep stoppa i fickan ใส่กระเป๋า cebe koymak 把...放入袋內 класти в кишеню جيب ميں رکھنا cho vào túi 把...放入袋内
2 to steal Be careful he doesn't pocket the silver. steel يَسْرُق، يَخْتَلِس крада strčit do vlastní kapsy putte i lommen einstecken κλέβω embolsar, quedarse con pihta panema بالا کشیدن pihistää empocher לְשַלשֵל לַכִּיס चुराना nepovlasno prisvojiti zsebre vág mencuri stela intascare 盗む 훔치다, 착복하다 pasisavinti, nušvilpti []zagt, []čiept mencuri stelen stjele, stikke til seg gwizdnąć, przywłaszczyć sobie roubar a fura прикарманивать strčiť do vlastného vrecka vtakniti v žep ukrasti stoppa på sig, knycka ยักยอก cebine indirmek, iç etmek 扒竊 привласнювати, прибирати до кишені چوري کرنا ăn trộm 扒窃
n pocketful
the amount contained by a pocket a pocketful of coins. sak vol مِلء جَيْب пълен джоб plná kapsa lommefuld eine Tasche voll (γεμάτη) τσέπη bolsillo lleno taskutäis یک جیب پر taskullinen poche pleine מְלוֹא הַכִּיס जेबभर džep nečega zsebnyi sekantung vasafylli tascata ポケット一杯 포켓에 가득한 분량 kišenė pilna kabata poket penuh zak vol lommefull; god slump kieszeń bolso cheio buzunar (plin cu) полный карман plné vrecko poln žep (česa) pun džep fickan full จำนวนเต็มกระเป๋า cep dolusu (指容量)一袋 повна кишеня جيب بھر کر túi đầy （指容量）一袋
n pocket-book
a wallet for holding papers. beurs مِحْفَظَة جَيْب бележник náprsní taška tegnebog die Brieftasche πορτοφόλι cartera, billetero rahatasku, taskuraamat دفترچه جیبی lompakko, muistikirja portefeuille סֵפֶר כִּיס नोट बुक džepna knjiga,notes levéltárca dompet, buku saku seðlaveski portafoglio 財布 지갑 užrašų knygelė, piniginė kabatasportfelis buku kecil portefeuille lommebok portfel carteira portofel бумажник náprsná taška listnica novčanik plånbok หนังสือเล็กที่ใส่กระเป๋าได้ cep defteri 錢包，皮夾子 портмонет پاکٹ بک túi xách nhỏ 钱包，皮夹子
n pocket-money
money for personal use, especially a child's regular allowance He gets $2 a week pocket-money. sakgeld مَصْروف الجَيْب джобни пари kapesné lommepenge das Taschengeld χαρτζιλίκι paga taskuraha پول تو جیبی viikkoraha argent de poche דְמֵי כִּיס जेब खर्च džeparac zsebpénz uang saku vasapeningur paghetta 小遣銭 용돈 kišenpinigiai kabatasnauda duit belanja zakgeld lommepenger kieszonkowe mesada bani de buzunar карманные деньги vreckové žepnina džeparac fickpeng[] เงินติดตัว cep harçlığı 零用錢 дрібні гроші جيب خرچ tiền tiêu vặt 零用钱
adj pocket-size(d)
small enough to carry in one's pocket a pocket-size(d) dictionary. sakgrootte بِحَجْم الجَيْب джобен kapesní i lommestørrelse; i lommeformat Taschen-... μικρού μεγέθους, τσέπης de bolsillo tasku- جیبی taskukokoinen de poche קָטַן जेब में रखने लायक आकार का džepni,malen zseb- ukuran saku lítill, vasa-; vasabrots- tascabile ポケット型の (포켓에 들어가는) 소형의 kišeninis kabatas lieluma- kecil in zakformaat i lommeformat, lomme- kieszonkowy de bolso de buzunar карманного формата vreckový žepne velikosti džepni i fickformat ซึ่งมีขนาดเล็กสำหรับพกพา cebe sığacak büyüklükte 袖珍型的 кишенькового розміру; мініатюрний جيب کي سائز کا cỡ nhỏ bỏ túi 袖珍型的
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
| ?Page tools | ||
|---|---|---|
|