pocket
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 for keeping things inADJECTIVE▪ bulging▪
tourists with bulging pockets
▪ deep▪ zip (BrE), zipped, zippered (AmE)▪ jean (esp. AmE), jeans, pants (AmE), trouser (esp. BrE)▪ coat, jacket, shirt, vest (AmE), waistcoat (BrE), etc.▪ back, breast, chest (AmE), front, hip, inner, inside, outer, side, top▪ door (esp. BrE), seat▪Please read the safety leaflet in the seat pocket in front of you (= on a plane).
▪ hidden, secret▪Forged passports were found in a secret pocket in the suitcase.
VERB + POCKET▪ check, feel in, fish in, fumble in, go through, rummage in, search▪He went through all his pockets looking for his key.
▪ pat▪My cellphone rang and I patted my pockets looking for it.
▪ reach in▪She reached in her pocket and pulled out her phone.
▪ dip into (figurative)▪Once again club members have had to dip into their pockets (= spend their own money) to buy new equipment.
▪ fish sth from/out of, get sth from/out of, pull sth from/out of, take sth from/out of▪I fished the list out of my pocket.
▪ empty, turn out▪The security guard made them empty their pockets.
▪ put sth in/into, stuff sth in/into, thrust sth in/into▪She stuffed the money into her pocket and walked out.
▪He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his pockets.
▪ fill, stuff▪We filled our pockets with apples.
▪ line (figurative)▪Dishonest officials have been lining their pockets with public funds.
▪ pick▪He caught a boy trying to pick his pocket on the bus.
POCKET + VERB▪ bulge▪My pockets were bulging with loose change.
POCKET + NOUN▪ liningPREPOSITION▪ in the/your pocket▪My wallet was in the back pocket of my jeans.
▪ out of the/your pocket▪He took a few coins out of his pocket.
PHRASES▪ hands in pockets, with your hands in your pockets▪He stood there, hands in pockets.
▪ the lining of a pocket2 small area/groupADJECTIVE▪ large, small▪The country has large pockets of unemployment.
▪ isolatedPHRASES▪ a pocket of resistance▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Government forces are mopping up the last pockets of resistance.
verbPocket is used with these nouns as the object: ↑difference
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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pocket — [pɔkɛt] n. ÉTYM. 1830, Balzac, au sens 1, in Rey Debove et Gagnon; mot angl. « poche ». ❖ ♦ Anglicisme. 1 Vx. Pocket book. 2 (Mil. XXe). Fam … Encyclopédie Universelle
pocket — / pɑkit/, it. / pɔket/ s. ingl. [da pocket tasca ], usato in ital. al masch. (bibl.) [libro di piccolo formato, venduto generalm. a basso prezzo] ▶◀ [➨ pocket book] … Enciclopedia Italiana
pocket — [adj] small, portable abridged, canned, capsule, compact, concise, condensed, diminutive, epitomized, itsy bitsy*, little, midget, miniature, minute, peewee*, pint sized*, potted, tiny, wee; concept 773 Ant. big, huge, large pocket [n] cavity,… … New thesaurus
Pocket — Pock et, n. Any hollow place suggestive of a pocket in form or use; specif.: (a) A bin for strong coal, grain, etc. (b) A socket for receiving the foot of a post, stake, etc. (c) A bright on a lee shore. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pocket — (engl.), die Tasche, daher P. book, das Taschenbuch, P. chronometer, der Taschenchronometer etc … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
