pocket

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɒ.kɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɑ.kɪt/
• (AU) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɔ.kɪt/

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• Hyphenation: pock‧et

Noun

Singular pocket

Plural pockets

A pocket

1. (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.

2. (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

Plain form pocket

Third-person singular pockets

Past tense pocketed

Past participle pocketed

Present participle pocketing

a person pocketing a book

1. If you pocket something, you put it in your pocket.
2. If you pocket something you win, take, or steal it (and put it in your pocket.)

Synonyms

• steal
• take

Related words

• bag