pocket

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[edit] English

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The back pocket of a pair of jeans (1).
A corner pocket on a billiards table (2).

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, diminutive of Old Northern French poque, poke (“bag, sack”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *pokka (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puk-, *pūka- (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *buk-, *bu-, *beu- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). See also Modern French pochette.

[edit] Noun

pocket (plural pockets)

  1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  2. (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.
  3. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
    The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
  4. An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river (Australian English)
  5. (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.
  6. (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
  7. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
  8. (rugby) This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, BBC Sport:
      Matt Stevens was crumpled by Euan Murray in another scrum, allowing Parks to kick for the corner, and when Richie Gray's clean take from the subsequent line-out set up a series of drives under the posts, Parks was back in the pocket to belt over a drop-goal to make it 9-3 at the interval.

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bag stitched to an item of clothing
billiards: net into which balls are struck
enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another
(military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units

[edit] Verb

pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing, simple past and past participle pocketed)

  1. To put (something) into a pocket.
  2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
  3. (slang) To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
  4. (slang) To shoplift, to steal.

[edit] Synonyms

  • (in billiards, etc): pot
  • (take and keep, etc): trouser

[edit] Translations

to put into a pocket
to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table
to take and keep (especially money) that is not one's own

[edit] Adjective

pocket (not comparable)

  1. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
    pocket dictionary
  2. Smaller or more compact than usual.
    pocket battleship
  3. (Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.
    A pocket pair of kings.

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of a size suitable for putting into a pocket
smaller or more compact than usual
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Terms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb "pocket"

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[edit] Noun

pocket c.

  1. paperback; book with flexible binding

[edit] Declension

Declension of pocket
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pocket pocketen pocketar pocketarna
genitive pockets pocketens pocketars pocketarnas

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