Meaning of pocket
noun
- a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.
she fished for her door key in her coat pocket
- a small patch of something.
some of the gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them
- of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket.
a pocket German dictionary
- put into one's pocket.
she watched him lock up and pocket the key
Middle English (in the sense ‘bag, sack’, also used as a measure of quantity): from Anglo-Norman French poket(e ), diminutive of poke ‘pouch’. The verb dates from the late 16th century Compare with poke2.
Information about pocket
- The plural form of pocket is: pockets.
- Languages in which pocket is used:
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Hyphenation of pocket
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- pocket is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pocket synonyms
Meaning pouch:
Meaning scoop:
Meaning bag:
Meaning a region or part of a town, a country, or the world:
Meaning a piece of cloth or other material used to mend or strengthen a torn or weak point:
Meaning an area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity:
Meaning an area, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries:
Meaning a piece of land surrounded by water:
Meaning a group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together:
Meaning the point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere:
Meaning take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it:
Meaning take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission:
Meaning dishonestly or unfairly take (something, especially money, belonging to another) for one's own use:
Meaning be a thief; steal something:
Meaning steal (something):
Meaning steal or misappropriate (money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works):
Meaning (of the state or an authority) take (property) from its owner for public use or benefit:
Meaning pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way:
Meaning hit or try to hit with a swinging blow:
Meaning take (something) for oneself, typically quickly or without permission:
Meaning remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid:
Meaning grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb:
Meaning make a nick or nicks in:
Meaning beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on:
Meaning try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods:
Meaning embezzle or steal (money, especially public funds):
Meaning embezzle (funds with which one has been entrusted):
Translation of pocket
- German: Tasche, Sack, einstecken, mopsen, stehlen, entwenden
- Spanish: bolsillo, embolsillarse, robar, hurtar, mangar
- French: poche, empocher, voler
- Italian: tasca, intascare, rubare
- Portuguese: bolso, roubar, furtar
Words that rhyme with pocket
backet, bluejacket, bracket, clacket, cracket, empacket, flacket, hurleyhacket, jacket, knickknacket, leatherjacket, lumberjacket, multipacket, nacket, overjacket, packet, placket, racket, redjacket, rejacket, sacket, stacket, straightjacket, straitjacket, tacket, underjacket, lifejacket, Becket, becket, fecket, frecket, pecket, snecket, clicket, counterpicket, cricket, hicket, klicket, midwicket, outcricket, outpicket, pawnticket, picket, preticket, pricket, reticket, ricket, sicket, smicket, snicket
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