Pocket

English Meaning

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

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 small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
6. A small body or accumulation of ore.
7. A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
8. Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
9. Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
10. 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.
11. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters.
12. 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.
13. An air pocket.
14. A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.
15. Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.
16. Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.
17. To place in or as if in a pocket.
18. To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.
19. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
20. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.
21. To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
22. Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
23. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.
24. in (one's) pocket In one's power, influence, or possession: The defendant had the jury in his pocket.
25. in pocket Having funds.
26. in pocket Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount: was a hundred dollars in pocket after a day at the races.