\pˈɒkɪt], \pˈɒkɪt], \p_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of POCKET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
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a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
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a hollow concave shape made by removing something
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put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
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a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
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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; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
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(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left; "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
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an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
By Princeton University
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a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
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a small pouch in a garment for carrying small articles
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a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
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a hollow concave shape made by removing something
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put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
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A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
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A bight on a lee shore.
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A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
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One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
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A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
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A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
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A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
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A hole containing water.
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A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
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Same as Pouch.
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To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
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To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
By Oddity Software
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Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use;
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A bin for storing coal, grain, etc.
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A bight on a lee shore.
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A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
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One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
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A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
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A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
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A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
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A hole containing water.
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A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
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Same as Pouch.
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To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
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To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
By Noah Webster.
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To put in a pocket; to take unlawfully, as money; to receive (an insult), without showing any feeling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. A cul-de-sac or pouch-like cavity. 2. An abnormal space between the gum and the root of a tooth. 3. A collection of pus in a nearly closed sac. 4. To enclose the stump of the pedicle of an ovarian or other abdominal tumor between the lips of the external wound.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A little pouch or bag, esp. one attached to a dress.
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To put in the pocket: to take stealthily:-pr.p. pocketing; pa.t. and pa.p. pocketed.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put into a pocket; appropriate; accept, as an insult without resentment.
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A pouch attached to a garment; a cavity, opening, or receptacle.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles; a small bag or net to receive the balls at billiards; a certain quantity, as of hops.
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To conceal in the pocket; to take clandestinely. To pocket an insult, &c., to receive it without resenting it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
