Pocket

Noun

 * 1) A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river (Australian English)
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
 * 4)  An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

Derived terms

 * subpocket

Verb

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

Synonyms

 * pot
 * trouser

Adjective

 * 1) Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
 * pocket dictionary
 * 1) Smaller or more compact than usual.
 * pocket battleship
 * 1)  Referring to the two initial hole cards.
 * A pocket pair of kings.

Synonyms

 * pocket-size, pocket-sized

Adjectives for Pocket
greedy; sagging; redundant; ragged; attenuated; hidebound; closed; warm; well-filled.

Verbs for Pocket
accumulate in—; button—; charge—with; conceal in—; deposit in—; dig in—; dislodge from—; draw from—; extract from —; fumble in—; grope in—; joggle in—; line—s; quarter in—; tuck in—; —bulges; —jingles; —swells.

Thesaurus
CAT, Swiss bank account, abstract, acquire, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, appropriate, area, armpit, assets, baby, baby-sized, bag, balance, balloon, bank account, bantam, banty, barrel, basin, bear with, beleaguer, beset, besiege, billfold, bladder, blind alley, blockade, bottle, bottom dollar, bound, bowl, box, box in, budget, bump, burden, cage, camp, can, canned, capsule, cash reserves, catch up, cavity, ceiling, chamber, checking account, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch, close in, cluster, clutch, collar, command of money, compact, compass, concave, concavity, concentration, constitute, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, crate, crater, crosswind, crypt, cul-de-sac, cup, dead end, decree, depression, digest, diminutive, dip, disregard, down, drain off, draw off, duodecimo, dwarfish, eat, embezzle, embrace, empty space, enact, enact laws, encircle, enclose, encompass, endure, enshrine, exchequer, favorable wind, fence in, filch, filibuster, fill, finances, fiscal, fob, fog, fold, follicle, freight, front, fund, funds, funnel chest, get, get hold of, get the floor, glom on to, grab, grab hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handbag, handy, have the floor, head wind, heap, heap up, hedge in, hem in, high-pressure area, hole, hollow, hollow shell, hook, house in, hug, ignore, impasse, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, ionosphere, island, itsy-bitsy, jail, jetstream, keep, kennel, kill, kitty, lacuna, lade, lay hands on, lay hold of, leaguer, legislate, life savings, lift, load, lobby through, logroll, loot, low-pressure area, mass, means, mew, mew up, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minuscule, minute, monetary, money belt, money clip, moneys, nab, nail, nest egg, nick, nip, nip up, ordain, overcast, pack, pack away, palm, partake, pass, pecuniary, pecuniary resources, pen, pen in, pigeonhole, pile, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pit, pocket the affront, pocket-size, pocket-sized, pocketbook, poke, pony, pool, porte-monnaie, possess, potted, pouch, punch bowl, purloin, purse, purse strings, put in force, put through, quarantine, rail in, railroad through, receive, receptacle, reserves, resources, reticule, rip off, roll logs, roughness, sac, sack, satchel, savings, savings account, scoop, seize, shell, ship, shrine, shut in, shut up, sink, sinus, small-scale, snaffle, snap up, snatch, snitch, socket, soup, space, stable, stack, steal, stomach, store, stow, stratosphere, subminiature, substance, substratosphere, surround, swallow, swallow an insult, swipe, table, tail wind, take, take by assault, take by storm, take hold of, take possession, take the floor, thieve, tolerate, toy, treasure, tropopause, troposphere, trough, turbulence, turn aside provocation, twelvemo, unregistered bank account, vest-pocket, veto, visibility, visibility zero, vug, wall in, wallet, wee, weeny, wherewithal, whip up, wrap, yard, yard up, yield the floor

Etymology
From pocket:, from  poket:, diminutive of  poque:, poke:, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from, from. Cognate with poke:,  Pfoch:,  pocca:, pohha:,  poki:. See also Modern pochette:.

Noun

 * Arabic: جيب
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: cib
 * Belarusian: кішэня
 * Bulgarian: джоб
 * Catalan: butxaca
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 口袋
 * Croatian: džep
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: βαλάντιο, τσέπη, θυλάκιο
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जेब
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ポケット, 懐中
 * Korean: 호주머니


 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: kabata, ķeša
 * Lithuanian: kišenė
 * Macedonian: џеб
 * Malay: poket, saku
 * Malayalam: കീശ, പോക്കറ്റ്, മടിശ്ശീല
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: جیب
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, , pòcaid-bhroillich,  pòcaid-achlais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: џеп
 * Roman: džep
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: mùlso’óna
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: кишеня
 * Urdu: جیب
 * Yiddish: קעשענע, טאַש


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: θυλάκιο (thilácio), τσέπη (tsépi)
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: луза
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Chinese: 到口袋 (dào kǒudài)
 * Finnish: pistää/panna/laittaa taskuun
 * French:


 * Greek:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Swedish: sänka
 * Turkish: cebe düşürmek


 * Finnish: pistää/panna/laittaa taskuunsa
 * Russian: прикарманивать, прикарманить


 * Turkish: cebe indirmek

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Estonian: tasku-
 * Finnish: taskukokoinen, tasku-
 * French: de poche
 * Macedonian: џебен, џебна, џебно


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: карманный
 * Swedish: ficka
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish: taskukokoinen, tasku-



Derived terms

 * air pocket
 * burn a hole in one's pocket
 * fob pocket
 * line one's pockets


 * pickpocket
 * piss in someone's pocket
 * pocketbook
 * pocket flask


 * pocketknife
 * pocket veto
 * pocket watch

Noun

 * 1) paperback; book with flexible binding

Synonyms

 * pocketbok