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CEFRA2
/ˈpɒk.ɪt/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A small sewn part of clothing used to hold things.
- 02
verb
To put something in your pocket or keep money dishonestly.
Examples
He had a few pennies in his pocket.
Money burns a hole in Linda's pocket.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA person's financial resources.
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.
A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
More examples
In contextI have her in my pocket.
I paid for it out of my own pocket.
The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokō (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *puhô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Equivalent to poke + -et. Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.