possible profanity
noun
- A small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles.
- An enclosed space.
- usage: "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
- A supply of money.
- usage: "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"
- Bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins behind it on the right or left. (
- usage: "the ball hit the pocket and gave him a perfect strike"
- A hollow concave shape made by removing something.
- synonyms: scoop
- A local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly.
- synonyms: air pocket, air hole
- A small isolated group of people.
- usage: "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
- Anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican. ()
- synonyms: pouch
- An opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which billiard balls are struck.
verb
- Put in one's pocket.
- usage: "He pocketed the change"
- Take unlawfully.
- synonyms: bag
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