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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒkɪt
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norman poquete, diminutive of poque 'bag' (mod. pouque), from Old Low Franconian *poka 'pouch', akin to Middle Dutch poke, German dialectal Pfoch, Old English pocca.
[edit] Noun
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pocket (plural pockets)
- A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- (sports, billiards, pool, snooker) 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.
- 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 (Australian English)
- (Australian rules football) 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.
- (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
[edit] Translations
bag stitched to an item of clothing
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billiards: net into which balls are struck
enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another
[edit] Verb
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to pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing, simple past and past participle pocketed)
- To put (something) into a pocket.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- (slang) To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
- (slang) To shoplift, to steal.
[edit] Synonyms
- (in billiards, etc): pot
[edit] Translations
to put into a pocket
to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table
[edit] Adjective
pocket (not comparable)
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- Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
- pocket dictionary
- Smaller or more compact than usual.
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- (of a size suitable for a pocket): pocket-size, pocket-sized
[edit] Translations
of a size suitable for putting into a pocket
smaller or more compact than usual
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[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb "pocket"
[edit] See also
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
pocket c.
| Inflection for pocket | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | pocketen | pocketar | pocketarna | |
| Possessive form | pockets | pocketens | pocketars | pocketarnas |
- paperback; book with flexible binding
