Pockets
/ˈpɒkɪts/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:17 pts7 letters
Definition of Pockets
noun
- A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.
"I paid for it out of my own pocket."
- 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.
- An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.
"The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas."
- An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.
verb
- To put (something) into a pocket.
- To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
- To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).
"Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings."
- To shoplift; to steal.
"The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond."
- To put up with; to bear without complaint.
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