pocket
noun
[ ˈpɒkɪt ]
• a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.
• "she fished for her door key in her coat pocket"
• a small patch of something.
• "some of the gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them"
pocket
adjective
• of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket.
• "a pocket German dictionary"
pocket
verb
• put into one's pocket.
• "she watched him lock up and pocket the key"
Similar:
steal,
take for oneself,
help oneself to,
appropriate,
misappropriate,
thieve,
purloin,
embezzle,
expropriate,
filch,
swipe,
snaffle,
lift,
rip off,
skim,
pinch,
nick,
half-inch,
whip,
nobble,
peculate,
defalcate,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘bag, sack’, also used as a measure of quantity): from Anglo-Norman French poket(e ), diminutive of poke ‘pouch’. The verb dates from the late 16th century Compare with poke2.
in pocket
• having enough money or money to spare; having gained in a transaction.
• "he knows how to stay in pocket and out of trouble"
