Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈpɒ.kɪt/
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈpɑ.kɪt/
- (AU) IPA (key): /ˈpɔ.kɪt/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: pock‧et
Noun[change]
- (countable) A pocket is a small empty space, usually in your clothes, usually to carry things in.
- I usually put my keys in my pants' pocket, but I can't find them now.
- My cell phone is in the outside pocket of my bag.
- (countable) A pocket is a small area of something that is completely surrounded by something else.
- There was a small pocket of air under the boat.
- There is a pocket of Welsh-speaking villages in South Wales.
Verb[change]
Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- If you pocket something, you put it in your pocket.
- If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)