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US
/ˈpɑkət/
]
[ UK /pˈɒkɪt/ ]
[ UK /pˈɒkɪt/ ]
NOUN
- a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
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a small isolated group of people
the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance
they were concentrated in pockets inside the city -
(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left
the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike -
a supply of money
they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
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an enclosed space
the trapped miners found a pocket of air - a hollow concave shape made by removing something
VERB
-
put in one's pocket
He pocketed the change - take unlawfully
How To Use pocket In A Sentence
- This does not exclude the existence of pockets of the urban population with unrealized homosexual desires.
- Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
- The sight of that red tab on the back pocket triggers something that is well worth triggering. Times, Sunday Times
- I also have a goldenrod-colored scarf (you know, one of those pashmina-y things) that goes nicely with this, and about two weeks ago I was in "the city" (which seems to be what you call San Francisco, if you live near it) wearing this dress, that scarf, and an old denim Levi's jacket I swiped from my Dad in roughly 1987 (with bright pink leather gloves sticking out of the breast pocket) and a tourist actually STOPPED ME ON THE STREET and asked to take my picture. The Return (With Butterflies) - A Dress A Day
- No matter you have that pocket or not , I'll be with you forever.
- I kept folding up the wads of twenties and stuffing them in the pocket of my shorts.
- Sterling was darting around, looking for pockets of space, but missing a glorious chance from close range. Times, Sunday Times
- When Yahoo bureaucracy rules, people die in the health services and the aged in nursing homes are victimised while benchmark payments are pocketed.
- The instructor, a short, stocky, ex–Marine sergeant wearing black-rimmed glasses, navy pants, and a short-sleeved maroon shirt that had his name embroidered above the front pocket, was just what I would have expected. Muffins and Mayhem
- A book made up of these; pictures in their order is such a solid, and the little pocket mutoscope exactly satisfies this description. The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained