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pocket
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Noun
  • an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck
  • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
  • 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
  • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
  • a hollow concave shape made by removing something
  • (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
  • a supply of money
    • they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets
  • an enclosed space
    • the trapped miners found a pocket of air
  • a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
Verb
  • take unlawfully
  • put in one's pocket
    • He pocketed the change
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