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Synonyms: picket, docket, rocket, pocked, socket, packet, locket, hocket, pocker, cocket, porket
Antonyms: picket, docket, rocket, pocked, socket, packet, locket, hocket, pocker, cocket, porket
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q321767}}{{lb|en|clothing}} A [[bag]] stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
- {{lb|en|by extension}} A person's financial resources.
- {{senseid|en|snooker}} {{lb|en|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.
- An enclosed [[volume]] of one substance surrounded by another.
- {{lb|en|Australia}} An area of [[land]] surrounded by a [[loop]] of a [[river]].
- {{lb|en|Australian rules football}} The area of the [[field]] to the side of the [[goal post]]s (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.
- {{lb|en|American football}} The area behind the [[line of scrimmage]] subject to certain rules regarding [[intentional grounding]], illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the [[end zone]] but [[more]] usually understood as the central area around the [[quarterback]] directly protected by the [[offensive line]].
- {{lb|en|military}} An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.
- {{lb|en|rugby}} The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.
- {{lb|en|surfing}} The unbroken part of a [[wave]] that offers the surfer the most [[power]].
- A large bag or sack formerly used for [[pack]]ing various articles, such as [[ginger]], [[hops]], or [[cowrie]]s; the pocket of [[wool]] held about 168 pounds.
- {{lb|en|architecture}} A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To put (something) into a [[#Noun|pocket]].
- {{lb|en|billiards|snooker|pool}} To cause a [[ball]] to go into one of the [[#Noun|pocket]]s of the [[table]]; to complete a [[shot]].
- {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[take]] and [[keep]] (something, especially [[money]], that is not one's own).
- {{lb|en|transitive|informal|dated}} To [[put up with]]; to [[bear]] without [[complaint]].
Adjective
- Of a [[size]] [[suitable]] for putting into a [[#Noun|pocket]].
- [[smaller|Smaller]] or more [[compact]] than usual.
- {{lb|en|Texas hold'em|_|poker}} Belonging to the two initial [[hole card]]s.
Proper noun
- {{surname|en}}.
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