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Definitions for Pocketing

[1] any of various fabrics for making the insides of pockets.
[2] a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
[3] a bag or pouch.
[4] means; financial resources: a selection of gifts to fit every pocket.
[5] any pouchlike receptacle, compartment, hollow, or cavity.
[6] an envelope, receptacle, etc., usually of heavy paper and open at one end, used for storing or preserving photographs, stamps, phonograph records, etc.: Each album has 12 pockets.
[7] a recess, as in a wall, for receiving a sliding door, sash weights, etc.
[8] any isolated group, area, element, etc., contrasted, as in status or condition, with a surrounding element or group: pockets of resistance; a pocket of poverty in the central city.
[9] Mining . a small orebody or mass of ore, frequently isolated. a bin for ore or rock storage. a raise or small slope fitted with chute gates.
[10] Billiards , Pool . any of the pouches or bags at the corners and sides of the table.
[11] a position in which a competitor in a race is so hemmed in by others that his or her progress is impeded.
[12] Football . the area from which a quarterback throws a pass, usually a short distance behind the line of scrimmage and protected by a wall of blockers.
[13] Bowling . the space between the headpin and the pin next behind to the left or right, taken as the target for a strike.
[14] Baseball . the deepest part of a mitt or glove, roughly in the area around the center of the palm, where most balls are caught.
[15] Nautical . a holder consisting of a strip of sailcloth sewed to a sail, and containing a thin wooden batten that stiffens the leech of the sail.
[16] Anatomy . any saclike cavity in the body: a pus pocket.
[17] stage pocket.
[18] an English unit of weight for hops equivalent to 168 pounds (76.4 kg).
[19] small enough or suitable for carrying in the pocket: a pocket watch.
[20] relatively small; smaller than usual: a pocket war; a pocket country.
[21] to put into one's pocket: to pocket one's keys.
[22] to take possession of as one's own, often dishonestly: to pocket public funds.
[23] to submit to or endure without protest or open resentment: to pocket an insult.
[24] to conceal or suppress: to pocket one's pride.
[25] to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket: The town was pocketed in a small valley.
[26] Billiards , Pool . to drive (a ball) into a pocket.
[27] pocket-veto.
[28] to hem in (a contestant) so as to impede progress, as in racing.
[29] a small bag or pouch in a garment for carrying small articles, money, etc
[30] any bag or pouch or anything resembling this
[31] a cavity or hollow in the earth, etc, such as one containing gold or other ore the ore in such a place
[32] a small enclosed or isolated area a pocket of resistance
[33] billiards snooker any of the six holes with pouches or nets let into the corners and sides of a billiard table
[34] a position in a race in which a competitor is hemmed in
[35] Australian rules football a player in one of two side positions at the ends of the ground back pocket ; forward pocket
[36] Southern African a bag or sack of vegetables or fruit
[37] in one's pocket under one's control
[38] in pocket having made a profit, as after a transaction
[39] 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
[40] out of pocket having made a loss, as after a transaction
[41] line one's pockets to make money, esp by dishonesty when in a position of trust
[42] (modifier) suitable for fitting in a pocket; small a pocket edition
[43] (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
[44] to put into one's pocket
[45] to take surreptitiously or unlawfully; steal
[46] (usually passive) to enclose or confine in or as if in a pocket
[47] to receive (an insult, injury, etc) without retaliating
[48] to conceal or keep back (feelings) he pocketed his pride and accepted help
[49] billiards snooker to drive (a ball) into a pocket
[50] 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
[51] to hem in (an opponent), as in racing

Words related to Pocketing

bag, hole, compartment, sack, pilfer, conceal, steal, compact, canned, condensed, wee, diminutive, little, miniature, capsule, midget, potted, minute, abridged, peewee

Words nearby Pocketing

pocketable, pocketbike, pocketbook, pocketed calculus, pocketful, pocketing, pocketknife, pockies, pockmark, pockmarked, pocky

Origin of Pocketing

1250–1300; Middle English poket < Old North French (Picard ) poquet (Old French pochet, pochette ), diminutive of poque < Middle Dutch poke poke2; see -et

Other words from Pocketing

pock·et·less , adjective
pock·et·like , adjective
un·pock·et , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Pocketing

C15: from Anglo-Norman poket a little bag, from poque bag, from Middle Dutch poke poke ², bag; related to French poche pocket

Synonyms for Pocketing

abridged, canned, capsule, compact, condensed, diminutive, epitomized, little, midget, miniature, minute, peewee, potted, wee, concise, itsy-bitsy, pint-sized, tiny