pockets

pock·et  (pkt)

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

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.

Idioms:

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.

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[Middle English, pouch, small bag, from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of Old North French poke, bag, of Germanic origin.]

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pocket·a·ble adj.

pocket·less adj.

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pockets

• fishing vest - A sleeveless jacket with many pockets for carrying small objects.
• English billiards - Played on a table with no pockets.
• gnurr - The substance that collects over time in the bottoms of pockets or cuffs of trousers.
• pucker - Has the underlying notion of being formed into "pockets."