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ModerateThe correct spelling is pocket.
How to pronounce pocket
/ˈpɒkɪt/
nounIPA: /ˈpɒkɪt/
Say it like: Pok-et
The correct spelling is pocket. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. For example: "I paid for it out of my own pocket."
Usage Examples
“I paid for it out of my own pocket.”
“The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.”
“Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- 2.Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
- 3.An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.
- 4.An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
- 5.An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
verb
- 1.To put (something) into a pocket.
- 2.To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- 3.To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
- 4.To shoplift; to steal.
- 5.To put up with; to bear without complaint.
adjective
- 1.Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
- 2.Smaller or more compact than usual.
- 3.Referring to the two initial hole cards.
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