English dictionary
Pronunciation
ˈpɑkɪt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
noun
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
noun
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
noun
- a small isolated group of people
noun
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
noun
- a supply of money
noun
- a hollow concave shape made by removing something
noun
- (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
noun
- an enclosed space
verb
- put in one's pocket
verb
- take unlawfully
Example sentences
they were concentrated in pockets inside the city
the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike
the trapped miners found a pocket of air
He pocketed the change