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pock·et
(pŏk′ĭt)n.
1. A small baglike attachment forming part of a garment and used to carry small articles, as a flat pouch sewn inside a pair of pants or a piece of material sewn on its sides and bottom to the outside of a shirt.
2. A small sack or bag.
3. A receptacle, cavity, or opening.
4. Financial means; money supply: The cost of the trip must come out of your own pocket.
5.
a. A small cavity in the earth, especially one containing ore.
b. A small body or accumulation of ore.
6. A pouch in an animal body, such as the cheek pouch of a rodent or the abdominal pouch of a marsupial.
7. Games One of the pouchlike receptacles at the corners and sides of a billiard or pool table.
8. Sports The webbing attached to the head of a lacrosse stick, in which the ball is caught and held.
9. Baseball The deepest part of a baseball glove, just below the web, where the ball is normally caught.
10. Sports A racing position in which a contestant has no room to pass a group of contestants immediately to his or her front or side.
11.
a. A small, isolated, or protected area or group: pockets of dissatisfied voters.
b. Football The area a few yards behind the line of scrimmage that blockers attempt to keep clear so that the quarterback can pass the ball.
12. An air pocket.
13. A bin for storing ore, grain, or other materials.
adj.
1. Suitable for or capable of being carried in one's pocket: a pocket handkerchief; a pocket edition of a dictionary.
2. Small; miniature: a pocket backyard; a pocket museum.
3. Designating the two cards that are dealt to a player face down in Texas hold'em: was holding pocket eights.
tr.v. pock·et·ed, pock·et·ing, pock·ets
Idioms: 1. To place in a pocket: pocketed her key.
2. To take possession of for oneself, especially dishonestly: pocketed the receipts from the charity dance.
3.
a. To accept or tolerate (an insult, for example).
b. To conceal or suppress: I pocketed my pride and asked for a raise.
4. To prevent (a bill) from becoming law by failing to sign until the adjournment of the legislature.
5. Sports To hem in (a competitor) in a race.
6. Games To hit (a ball) into a pocket of a pool or billiard table.
in (one's) pocket
In one's power, influence, or possession: The defendant had the jury in his pocket.
in pocket
1. Having funds.
2. Having gained or retained funds of a specified amount: was a hundred dollars in pocket after a day at the races.
out of pocket
1. Out of one's own resources: fees paid out of pocket.
2. Without funds or assets: a traveler who was caught out of pocket.
3. In a state of having experienced a loss, especially a financial one.
[Middle English, pouch, small bag, from Anglo-Norman pokete, diminutive of Old North French poke, bag, of Germanic origin.]
pock′et·a·ble adj.
pock′et·less adj.
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n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc
2. any bag or pouch or anything resembling this
3. (Mining & Quarrying)
a. a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc, such as one containing gold or other ore
b. the ore in such a place
4. a small enclosed or isolated area: a pocket of resistance.
5. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table
6. (General Sporting Terms) a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in
7. (Australian Rules Football) Australian rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground: back pocket; forward pocket.
8. South African a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit
9. in one's pocket under one's control
10. (Banking & Finance) in pocket having made a profit, as after a transaction
11. (Rugby) in the pocket rugby (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
12. (Banking & Finance) out of pocket having made a loss, as after a transaction
13. line one's pockets to make money, esp by dishonesty when in a position of trust
14. (modifier) suitable for fitting in a pocket; small: a pocket edition.
15. (modifier) poker slang denoting a pair formed from the two private cards dealt to a player in a game of Texas hold 'em: pocket queens.
vb (tr) , -ets, -eting or -eted
16. to put into one's pocket
17. to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal
18. (usually passive) to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket
19. to receive (an insult, injury, etc) without retaliating
20. to conceal or keep back (feelings): he pocketed his pride and accepted help.
21. (Billiards & Snooker) billiards snooker to drive (a ball) into a pocket
22. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US (esp of the President) to retain (a bill) without acting on it in order to prevent it from becoming law. See also pocket veto
23. (General Sporting Terms) to hem in (an opponent), as in racing
[C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke2, bag; related to French poche pocket]
ˈpocketable adj
ˈpocketless adj
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pock•et
(ˈpɒk ɪt)n.
1. 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.
3. a bag or pouch.
4. any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, or cavity.
5. an isolated group, area, or element contrasted with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance.
6. a small, well-defined mass of ore, frequently isolated.
7. 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. 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. Baseball. the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.
12. a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.
13. air pocket.
adj. 14. small enough for carrying in the pocket: a pocket calculator.
15. relatively small; small-scale: a pocket war.
v.t. 16. to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys.
17. to take as one's own, often dishonestly; appropriate: to pocket public funds.
18. to endure without protest: to pocket an insult.
19. to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride.
20. to enclose; confine; hem in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley.
21. to drive (a ball) into the pocket of a pool table.
22. to retain (a legislative bill) without action and thus prevent from becoming a law.
Idioms: 1. in someone's pocket, completely under someone's influence.
2. line one's pockets, to profit, esp. at the expense of others.
3. out of pocket, having suffered a financial loss; poorer.
[1250–1300; Middle English poket < Old North French (Picard) poquet (Old French pochet, pochette), diminutive of poque < Middle Dutch poke poke2; see -et]
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Examples: pocket of air; of clay crops, 1872; of earth; of gold, 1850; of hops, 1767; of nuggets of gold, 1896; of red soil, 1893; of water, 1852; of wool (half a sack), 1706.
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Past participle: pocketed
Gerund: pocketing
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| Noun | 1. |  pocket - a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articlesbreast pocket - a pocket inside of a man's coat garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" hip pocket - a pocket in rear of trousers patch pocket - a flat pocket sewn to the outside of a garment pocket flap - a flap that covers the access to a pocket pouch - a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things slash pocket - a pocket in a garment (usually below the waist) to which access is provided by a vertical or diagonal slit in the outside of the garment vest pocket - a small pocket in a man's vest |
| 2. |  pocket - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"enclosed space, cavity - space that is surrounded by something | |
| 3. | pocket - a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets" | |
| 4. | pocket - (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" bowling - a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them space - an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth" | |
| 5. | pocket - a hollow concave shape made by removing something | |
| 6. |  pocket - a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenlyatmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere | |
| 7. | pocket - 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" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | |
| 8. | pocket - (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) gastric mill, gizzard, ventriculus - thick-walled muscular pouch below the crop in many birds and reptiles for grinding food atrial auricle, auricle, auricula atrii - a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior part of each atrium of the heart auricular appendage, auricular appendix, auricula - a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal cheek pouch - a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) marsupium - an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled scrotum - the external pouch that contains the testes anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | |
| 9. | pocket - an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck corner pocket - a pocket at the corner of a billiard table billiard table, pool table, snooker table - game equipment consisting of a heavy table on which pool is played side pocket - a pocket on the side of a billiard table | |
| Verb | 1. | pocket - put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| 2. |  pocket - take unlawfully steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
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noun
1. pouch, bag, sack, hollow, compartment, receptacle a canvas container with customised pockets for each tool
adjective
verb
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Translations
جَيْبجَيْب في طاولة البلياردوجَيْب هوائيمَدْخول، ماليَسْرُق، يَخْتَلِس
kapsakapesnístrčit do vlastní kapsyvakdát si do kapsy
lommelomme-netpengepung=-lomme
poŝo
taskutasku-
taskutaskukokoinenpussipussittaa
džep
zsebzsebre tesz/váglyuk
afmarkaî svæîi; einangraîur hópurpyngja; tekjur, efnisetja í vasastelavasi
ポケット
주머니
įdėti į kišenęįsidėti į kišenękišenėkišeniniskišenpinigiai
gaisa bedreielikt kabatāienākumikabatakabatas-
dať do vreckastrčiť do vlastného vreckavrecko
žep
ficka
กระเป๋า
túi
A. N
1. (in trousers etc) → bolsillo m, bolsa f (Mex)
with his hands in his pockets → con las manos (metidas) en los bolsillos
to have sth/sb in one's pocket → tener algo/a algn en el bolsillo
to line one's pockets → forrarse
to live in each other's or one another's pockets (Brit) → vivir el uno para el otro, no dejarse ni a sol ni a sombra
to put one's hand in one's pocket → echar mano al bolsillo
see also pick B5
with his hands in his pockets → con las manos (metidas) en los bolsillos
to have sth/sb in one's pocket → tener algo/a algn en el bolsillo
to line one's pockets → forrarse
to live in each other's or one another's pockets (Brit) → vivir el uno para el otro, no dejarse ni a sol ni a sombra
to put one's hand in one's pocket → echar mano al bolsillo
see also pick B5
2. (fig) (= finances, budget) to have deep pockets → tener muchos posibles, tener las espaldas bien cubiertas
that hurts his pocket → eso le duele en el bolsillo
to be in pocket → salir ganando
to be £5 in pocket → haber ganado 5 libras
to be out of pocket → salir perdiendo
to be £5 out of pocket → haber perdido 5 libras
that hurts his pocket → eso le duele en el bolsillo
to be in pocket → salir ganando
to be £5 in pocket → haber ganado 5 libras
to be out of pocket → salir perdiendo
to be £5 out of pocket → haber perdido 5 libras
3. (Billiards) → tronera f
4. (fig) (= restricted area, space) pocket of resistance → foco m de resistencia
pocket of warm air → bolsa f de aire caliente
pocket of warm air → bolsa f de aire caliente
B. VT
2. (Billiards) → entronerar
3. (fig) (= gain, steal) → embolsar
he pocketed half the takings → se embolsó la mitad de la recaudación
he pocketed half the takings → se embolsó la mitad de la recaudación
C. CPD → de bolsillo
pocket battleship N → acorazado m de bolsillo
pocket calculator N → calculadora f de bolsillo
pocket diary N → agenda f de bolsillo
pocket edition N → edición f de bolsillo
pocket handkerchief N → pañuelo m (de bolsillo)
pocket money N → dinero m para gastos (personales); (children's) → dinero m de bolsillo
pocket battleship N → acorazado m de bolsillo
pocket calculator N → calculadora f de bolsillo
pocket diary N → agenda f de bolsillo
pocket edition N → edición f de bolsillo
pocket handkerchief N → pañuelo m (de bolsillo)
pocket money N → dinero m para gastos (personales); (children's) → dinero m de bolsillo
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n
[coat, trousers, jacket] → poche f
with one's hands in one's pockets
The man stood with his hands in his pockets → L'homme était debout, les mains dans les poches.
to be out of pocket (British) (= have less money than one should) → en être de sa poche
I'm £200 out of pocket (British) → Ça m'a coûté 200 livres.
to burn a hole in sb's pocket
The money was burning a hole in his pocket → Ça lui démangeait de dépenser cet argent.
to put money in sb's pocket (= benefit) → profiter à qn (= make money for) → rapporter de l'argent à qn
to be in sb's pocket → être aux ordres de qn
to line one's pockets → se remplir les poches
to pick sb's pocket → faire les poches à qn pocket dictionary
with one's hands in one's pockets
The man stood with his hands in his pockets → L'homme était debout, les mains dans les poches.
to be out of pocket (British) (= have less money than one should) → en être de sa poche
I'm £200 out of pocket (British) → Ça m'a coûté 200 livres.
to burn a hole in sb's pocket
The money was burning a hole in his pocket → Ça lui démangeait de dépenser cet argent.
to put money in sb's pocket (= benefit) → profiter à qn (= make money for) → rapporter de l'argent à qn
to be in sb's pocket → être aux ordres de qn
to line one's pockets → se remplir les poches
to pick sb's pocket → faire les poches à qn pocket dictionary
(= small amount) a pocket of air → une poche d'air
a pocket of resistance → une poche de résistance
There were only pockets of fighting after the cease-fire → Il n'y avait plus que quelques combats isolés après le cessez-le-feu.
a pocket of resistance → une poche de résistance
There were only pockets of fighting after the cease-fire → Il n'y avait plus que quelques combats isolés après le cessez-le-feu.
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n
(in garment) → Tasche f; take your hands out of your pockets! → nimm die Hände aus der Tasche!; to have somebody/something in one’s pocket (fig) → jdn/etw in der Tasche haben (inf); to be in somebody’s pocket (fig) → jdm hörig sein; money burns a hole in his pocket → er gibt sein Geld immer schnell aus; to live in each other’s or one another’s pockets (fig) → unzertrennlich sein
(= receptacle) (in suitcase, file etc) → Fach nt; (in book cover: for map etc) → Tasche f; (Baseball) → Tasche f; (Billiards) → Loch nt
(= resources) → Geldbeutel m; to be a drain on one’s pocket → jds Geldbeutel strapazieren (inf); that hit his pocket → das hat seinen Geldbeutel ganz schön strapaziert (inf); I was £100 in pocket after the sale → nach dem Verkauf war ich um £ 100 reicher; to pay for something out of one’s own pocket → etw aus der eigenen Tasche bezahlen; to put one’s hand in one’s pocket → tief in die Tasche greifen; to have deep pockets (fig) → großzügig sein; investors with deep pockets (fig) → großzügige Investoren pl ? out-of-pocket
(= restricted area, space) → Gebiet nt; (smaller) → Einsprengsel nt; pocket of resistance → Widerstandsnest nt; pocket of unemployment → Gebiet nt → mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit; pocket of infection → Ansteckungsgebiet nt; a pocket of ore → ein Einschluss m → von Erz
(Aviat: = air pocket) → Luftloch nt
adj (= for the pocket) → Taschen-; pocket diary → Taschenkalender m; pocket dictionary → Taschenwörterbuch nt
vt
(= gain) money, prize, award → kassieren; (= misappropriate) → einstecken (inf), → einsacken (inf); the treasurer pocketed the club funds → der Schatzmeister hat die Vereinsgelder in die eigene Tasche gesteckt
(US Pol) durch Veto aufschieben
pocket battleship
n → Westentaschenkreuzer m
pocket billiards
n sing
(US) → Poolbillard nt
(hum sl) → Taschenbillard (sl) nt
pocketbook
pocket borough
n (Brit Hist) vor 1832 ein Wahlbezirk, der sich praktisch in den Händen einer Person oder Familie befand
pocket calculator
n → Taschenrechner m
pocket camera
n (Phot) → Pocketkamera f
pocket handkerchief
pocketknife
n → Taschenmesser nt
pocket money
n (esp Brit) → Taschengeld nt
pocket-size(d)
adj book → im Taschenformat; person → winzig; garden → im Westentaschenformat; pocket camera/TV → Miniaturkamera f → /-fernseher m
pocket veto
n (US Pol) Verzögerung der Gesetzesverabschiedung durch aufschiebendes Veto des Präsidenten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
1. n (in garment) → tasca
breast pocket → taschino
with his hands in his pockets → con le mani in tasca
to have sb in one's pocket (fig) → tenere in pugno qn
to have sth in one's pocket (fig) → avere qc (già) in tasca
to be in pocket → guadagnarci
to be out of pocket → rimetterci
to line one's pockets → arricchirsi, fare i soldi
to put one's hand in one's pocket (fig) → metter mano al portafoglio
to go through sb's pockets → frugare le tasche di qn
to live in each other's pockets → rimanere or essere sempre appiccicati
pocket of resistance/warm air → sacca di resistenza/di aria calda
breast pocket → taschino
with his hands in his pockets → con le mani in tasca
to have sb in one's pocket (fig) → tenere in pugno qn
to have sth in one's pocket (fig) → avere qc (già) in tasca
to be in pocket → guadagnarci
to be out of pocket → rimetterci
to line one's pockets → arricchirsi, fare i soldi
to put one's hand in one's pocket (fig) → metter mano al portafoglio
to go through sb's pockets → frugare le tasche di qn
to live in each other's pockets → rimanere or essere sempre appiccicati
pocket of resistance/warm air → sacca di resistenza/di aria calda
3. adj (edition, calculator) → tascabile
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
1. a small bag sewn into or on to clothes, for carrying things in. He stood with his hands in his pockets; a coat-pocket; (also adjective) a pocket-handkerchief, a pocket-knife.
2. a small bag attached to the corners and sides of a billiard-table etc to catch the balls.
3. a small isolated area or group. a pocket of warm air.
4. (a person's) income or amount of money available for spending. a range of prices to suit every pocket.
verb1. to put in a pocket. He pocketed his wallet; He pocketed the red ball.
2. to steal. Be careful he doesn't pocket the silver.
ˈpocketful noun the amount contained by a pocket. a pocketful of coins.
ˈpocket-book noun a wallet for holding papers.
ˈpocket-money noun money for personal use, especially a child's regular allowance. He gets $2 a week pocket-money.
ˈpocket-size(d) adjective small enough to carry in one's pocket. a pocket-size(d) dictionary.
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pock·et
n. saco, bolsa; [clothing] bolsillo.
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