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Meaning of pocket knife

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pocket

Pronunciation:/ˈpɒkɪt//ˈpɑkɪt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

  2. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

    Example: I paid for it out of my own pocket.

  3. 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.

  4. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

    Example: The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.

verb

Definitions

  1. To put (something) into a pocket.

  2. To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

  3. To take and keep (something, especially money that is not one's own).

    Example: Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.

  4. To shoplift; to steal.

    Example: The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

    Example: a pocket dictionary

  2. Smaller or more compact than usual.

  3. Referring to the two initial hole cards.

    Example: a pocket pair of kings