POCKET

v. steal from a pocket; put into a pocket; profit; roll a ball into a hole (Billiards)

adj. small; of a pocket, of a pouch

n. pouch used to carry objects; sac; saccule; underground deposit of oil

A pocket is a small bag, particularly a bag-like receptacle either fastened to or inserted in an article of clothing. Cargo pants have pockets with an extra large capacity.In European clothing pockets began by being hung like purses from a belt, which could be secreted beneat a coat or jerkin and reached through a slit in the outer garment. The word appears in Middle English as poket, and is taken from a Norman diminutive of O. Fr. poke, pouque, mod. poche, cf. pouch. The form "poke" is now only used dialectically, or in such proverbial sayings as "a pig in a poke," and possibly in the poke-bonnet, the coal-scuttle bonnet fashionable during the first part of the 19th century, and now worn by the female members of the Salvation Army. More probably the name of the bonnet is connected with poke, to thrust forward, dig. The origin of this is obscure. Dutch has poken, pook, a dagger; Swedish has påk, a stick. Historically, the term pocket referred to:A pouch worn around the waist by women in the 17th to 19th centuries, mentioned in the rhyme Lucy Locket if interpreted literally.A sack in which hops were stored, generally with a capacity of 168–224 lb (76–102 kg).
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Noun
1. a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
(hypernym) pouch
(hyponym) breast pocket
(part-holonym) garment
(part-meronym) pocket flap
(derivation) bag
2. an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
(synonym) pouch, sac, sack
(hypernym) cavity, enclosed space
3. a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
(hypernym) funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
4. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
(hypernym) space
(classification) bowling
5. a hollow concave shape made by removing something
(synonym) scoop
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
6. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
(synonym) air pocket, air hole
(hypernym) atmospheric phenomenon
7. 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"
(hypernym) people
8. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
(synonym) pouch
(hypernym) sac
(hyponym) gizzard, ventriculus, gastric mill
(classification) anatomy, general anatomy
9. an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
(hypernym) opening, gap
(hyponym) corner pocket
(part-holonym) pool table, billiard table, snooker table
Verb
1. put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
(hypernym) take
2. take unlawfully
(synonym) bag
(hypernym) steal

n. paperback

(v. t.)
To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
  

(v. t.)
To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
  

(n.)
Same as Pouch.
  

(n.)
One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
  

(n.)
A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
  

(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 hole containing water.
  

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