A small part of clothes used to hold things like keys, coins, or a phone.
A small pouch sewn into or onto clothing, used for carrying small personal items.
A small area that is different from the area around it.
A small space or group that is separate from the surrounding area or larger group.
To put something inside your pocket.
To place something into one's pocket.
To keep money or things that are not yours.
To take money or goods for oneself dishonestly or without permission.
A hole at the side or corner of a pool table where balls go in.
One of the openings at the edges or corners of a billiard or pool table into which balls are shot.
- Base: pocket
- Plural: pockets
- Base: pocket
- 3rd Person Singular: pockets
- Present Participle: pocketing
- Past: pocketed
a hole in one's pocket
1spend money quickly/easily
To spend money too quickly, as if it disappears easily.
- Getting that bonus was like having a hole in my pocket—I spent it all in days.
- She's got a hole in her pocket when it comes to shopping.
deep pockets
1having a lot of money to spend/invest
Having a lot of money to use if needed.
- Big corporations with deep pockets can afford long legal battles.
- They found an investor with deep pockets to fund their project.
in someone's pocket
1under someone's control or influence
Someone controls another person and gets benefits from them.
- The politician was accused of being in the lobbyists' pockets.
- He's totally in his boss's pocket and will do whatever she says.
out of pocket
1spent own money / unavailable (US)
To pay with your own money without getting it back; in US informal speech, to be away or not reachable.
- After paying for the repairs, I'm $200 out of pocket.
- I'll be out of pocket until next week, so email me instead.
pick someone's pocket
1steal from someone's clothing secretly
To take something from someone's clothes without them knowing, usually from their pocket.
- A thief tried to pick her pocket on the subway.
- He was arrested for picking tourists' pockets at the market.