pocket

pock•et

[[t]ˈpɒk ɪt[/t]] n.

1) clo a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used esp. for carrying small articles

2) means; financial resources:

gifts to suit every pocket[/ex]

3) a bag or pouch

4) any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, or cavity

5) cvb an isolated group, area, or element contrasted with a surrounding element or group:

pockets of resistance[/ex]

6) min a small, well-defined mass of ore, frequently isolated

7) gam any of the pouches at the corners and sides of a pool table

8) a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded

9) spog Football. the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usu. a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers

10) Bowling. the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike

11) spo baseball the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly the center of the palm, where most balls are caught

12) bui a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc

13) air pocket

14) small enough for carrying in the pocket:

a pocket calculator[/ex]

15) relatively small; small-scale:

a pocket war[/ex]

16) to put into one's pocket:

to pocket one's keys[/ex]

17) to take as one's own, often dishonestly; appropriate:

to pocket public funds[/ex]

18) to endure without protest:

to pocket an insult[/ex]

19) to conceal or suppress:

to pocket one's pride[/ex]

20) to enclose; confine; hem in or as if in a pocket:

The town was pocketed in a small valley[/ex]

21) gam to drive (a ball) into the pocket of a pool table

22) gov to retain (a legislative bill) without action and thus prevent from becoming a law

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- in someone's pocket line one's pockets out of pocket

Etymology: 1250–1300; ME poket < ONF (Picard) poquet (OF pochet, pochette), dim. of poque < MD poke poke II; see -et