n.
1.a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
2.an enclosed space
3.a supply of money
4.(bowling) the space between the headpin and the pins next bnehind it on the right or left
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
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 pocket v.
1.put in one's pocket
2.take unlawfully
Idiom of the Day
choke (something) off or choke off (something)
to force something to an end or to a stop
The government was able to choke off the flow of money to the criminal gang.