pocket

¹pock·et

noun \ˈpä-kət\

Definition of POCKET

1

a : a small bag carried by a person : purse

b : a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side <coat pocket>

2

: supply of money : means

3

: receptacle, container: as

a : an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table

b : a superficial pouch in some animals

4

: a small often isolated area or group <pockets of unemployment>:

a : a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas)

b : air pocket

5

: a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail

6

a : blind alley

b : the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others

c : an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass

7

: the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught

— pock·et·ful \-ˌfu̇l\ noun

— in one's pocket

: in one's control or possession

— in pocket

1

: provided with funds

2

: in the position of having made a profit

— out of pocket

1

: low on money or funds

2

: having suffered a loss

3

: from cash on hand

Examples of POCKET

1. He keeps his gloves in his coat pocket.
2. She was standing there with her hands in her pockets.
3. I have a hole in my pocket.
4. Her pocket was full of change.
5. There are pockets on the back of each car seat.
6. The tickets are in the zippered pocket on the front of the suitcase.

Origin of POCKET

Middle English poket, from Anglo-French poket, pochete, diminutive of poke, pouche bag — more at pouch

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to POCKET

Synonyms

bankroll, coffers, exchequer, finances, fund, resources, wherewithal

Related Words

shirt; bread [slang], cash, chips, currency, dough, gold, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, pelf, scratch [slang], tender, wampum; assets, capital, deep pockets, fortune, means, opulence, riches, roll, substance, wealth; purse, treasury; cash flow; financing

Near Antonyms

debts, liabilities; indebtedness

Other Fashion Terms

bodkin, chignon, cowlick, eau de toilette, imperial, pomander, tonsorial

Rhymes with POCKET

brocket, crocket, Crockett, docket, locket, rocket, socket, sprocket

²pocket

transitive verb

Definition of POCKET

1

a : to put or enclose in or as if in one's pocket <pocketed the change>

b : to appropriate to one's own use : steal

c : to refuse assent to (a bill) by a pocket veto

2

: to put up with : accept

3

: to set aside : suppress <pocketed his pride>

4

a : to hem in

b : to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table

5

: to cover or supply with pockets

— pock·et·able \ˈpä-kə-tə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of POCKET

1. The chairman was fired for pocketing funds.
2. The saleswoman had overcharged them and pocketed the difference.
3. a professional golfer who pocketed more than four million dollars in winnings
4. I had to pocket my pride and ask for some help.

First Known Use of POCKET

1589

Related to POCKET

Synonyms

choke (back), hold back, suppress, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallow

Related Words

control, govern, manage; bridle, check, curb, quash, quell; bottle up, contain; muffle, squelch

Near Antonyms

express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent

Rhymes with POCKET

docket, socket

³pocket

adjective

Definition of POCKET

1

a : small enough to be carried in the pocket

b : small, miniature <a pocket park>

2

a : of or relating to money

b : carried in or paid from one's own pocket

Examples of POCKET

1. <his pocket involvement in the company was minimal>

First Known Use of POCKET

1612

Related to POCKET

Synonyms

bantam, diminutive, dinky, dwarfish, fine, half-pint, Lilliputian, little, pint-size (or pint-sized), small, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), puny, pygmy, shrimpy, slight, smallish, subnormal, toylike, undersized (also undersize)

Antonyms

big, biggish, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, husky, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, outsize (also outsized), overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy, whacking, whopping

Related Words

dwarf, toy; runtish, runty, scrubby, stunted; bitty, inappreciable, infinitesimal, little bitty, micro, microscopic (also microscopical), mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minim, minuscule, minute, pinpoint, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee, weeny (also weensy); meager (or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy; deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, wanting; bite-size (also bite-sized), capsule

Near Antonyms

bulky, hefty, hulking, massive, voluminous; boxcar, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, gross, Himalayan, herculean, heroic (also heroical), huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast; abundant, ample, appreciable, bountiful, copious, generous, healthy, liberal, plenteous, plentiful; fat, thick; broad, wide; boundless, cosmic (also cosmical), immeasurable, incalculable, infinite; adequate, enough, sufficient

pock·et

noun \ˈpäk-ət\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of POCKET

: a small cavity or space; especially : an abnormal cavity formed in diseased tissue <a gingival pocket>