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Word: pocket (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Texas hold'em|_|poker Referring to the two initial hole cards.
  • Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.
  • Smaller or more compact than usual.

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Noun:

  • A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  • An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river (Australian English)
  • An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
  • aussie-rules The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out.
  • American Football The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.
  • sports|billiards|pool|snooker 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.

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Verb:

  • sports|billiards|snooker|pool To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
  • slang To shoplift, to steal.
  • slang To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.
  • To put (something) into a pocket.

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