Etymology
From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.
Definitions
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
A person's financial resources.
- I paid for it out of my own pocket.
- There was, for much of the period, no cheap public transport; and even the Underground, or one of Shillibeer's horse-drawn omnibuses, was beyond the pocket of many of the poor.
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to…
An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
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An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
- The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field,…
The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional…
The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.
- With some notable exceptions, NFL teams that are successful on dropbacks outside the pocket have tended to win more games
- The Pocket Area is the area between the outside edges of the normal tackle positions on each side of the center extending backward to the offensive team's end line. After the ball leaves the pocket area, this area no longer exists.
An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat…
The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
The unbroken part of a wave that offers the surfer the most power.
A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or…
A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries; the pocket of wool held about 168 pounds.
A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions,…
A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral
A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the…
A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
The pouch of an animal.
The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.
A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.
A bight on a lee shore.
A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of…
A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.
A small, isolated group or area.
- They are comfortable trains with decent windows, ideal for observing a line which is one of the last pockets of manually operated crossing gates and semaphore signalling - [...].
A state achieved with steady, enjoyable drumming.
- in the pocket
To put (something) into a pocket.
- [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.
- [M]y lord said that she did not flatter at any rate; and pocketted his snuff-box, not desirous that Madame Brack’s dubious fingers should plunge too frequently into his Mackabaw.
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table
To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
- Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
- The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.
- But, Tom, thy ſelfe art paſt grace; for ſome of thyne owne faction, envying thy proficiencie and honour to which thou aſpireſt, hath pocketted thy grace.
To put up with
To put up with; to bear without complaint.
- As long as the house suffered the practice to prevail, they must submit to pocket the insult of being told that it existed.
Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
- a pocket dictionary
Smaller or more compact than usual.
- pocket battleship
- pocket beach
- She ate, drank, worked, danced, and made love in exactly the same way: con brio. She came into the apartment like a pocket hurricane.
Belonging to the two initial hole cards.
- a pocket pair of kings
A surname.
- I derived from this speech that Mr. Herbert Pocket (for Herbert was the pale young gentleman's name) still rather confounded his intention with his execution.
- Pollyanna Pocket was small, with long floppy ears and a tail that coiled upwards in a little ringlet. She was a bouncy, happy young dog, who frolicked all day
The neighborhood
- synonymbackfield
- synonympassing pocket
- synonymtackle box
- neighborpoke
- neighborpouch
- neighborbag
- neighborpurse
- neighborsack
Derived
Alabama hot pocket, back-pocket, back pocket, be in the pocket of someone, besom pocket, big pocket, blind pocket, book pocket, breast pocket, burn a hole in someone's pocket, camas pocket gopher, cheat the pocket, cosh pocket, deep pocket, double besom pocket, forepocket, frog in one's pocket, frost pocket, gas pocket, green pocket, Henry's pocket, hindpocket, hip-pocket, hip pocket, hip-pocket client, hip-pocket flask, hip pocket frog, hop pocket, impocket, in one's back pocket, in one's hip pocket, in one's pocket, in pocket, inside pocket, in someone's pocket, in the pocket, in the pocket of someone, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me, is there a mouse in your pocket, kangaroo pocket · +112 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pocket. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pocket. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at pocket
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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