Meaning & Definition of Pocket in English

1. A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

2. An enclosed space

• "The trapped miners found a pocket of air"

3. A supply of money

• "They dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"

4. (bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left

• "The ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"

5. A hollow concave shape made by removing something

6. A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly

7. A small isolated group of people

• "They were concentrated in pockets inside the city"

• "The battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"

8. (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)

9. An opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck

1. Put in one's pocket

• "He pocketed the change"

2. Take unlawfully