Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To put (something) into a pocket.

    einstecken

    put in one's pocket

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

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

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

    The thief was caught on camera pocketing the diamond.

    прикарма́ниватьprikarmánivatʹ, прикарма́нитьprikarmánitʹ

    take unlawfully

  4. (dated, informal, transitive)To put up with; to bear without complaint.

Examples

918 sentences

  1. Tom has something in his pocket.

    У Тома є щось у кишені. — deniko

    deTom hat etwas in seiner Tasche. — frpzzd

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  2. What do you have in your pocket?

    Що у тебе в кишені? — shanghainese

    ruЧто у тебя в кармане? — Selena777

    deWas hast du in deiner Hosentasche? — Wolf

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  3. Tom put his keys in his pocket.

    Том поклав ключі до кишені. — deniko

    ruТом положил ключи в карман. — odexed

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  4. What did Tom have in his pocket?

    Що було у кишені Тома? — deniko

    ruЧто было у Тома в кармане? — marafon

    deWas hatte Tom in der Tasche? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom put his keys into his pocket.

    Том поклав свої ключі до кишені. — deniko

    ruТом положил ключи в карман. — odexed

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
to take and keep (especially money) that is not one's own:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to put into a pocket:

Origin

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poq

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.

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Forms

pockets, pocketing, pocketed, pocketed
Base formpocket · to pocket
3rd person singularpockets
Present participlepocketing
Past simplepocketed
Past participlepocketed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypocket
he, she, itpockets

Past simpleLesson

all personspocketed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pocketed
he, she, ithas pocketed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pocket

Synonyms

3 synonyms
in billiards, etc:potB1
take and keep, etc:trouser
Close in meaning
  • take unlawfully:bag

Word family

4 related words
Derivedpocketabilitypocketerpocket uprepocket

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in his pocket
  • of his pocket
  • his pocket and
  • in my pocket
  • into his pocket
  • in your pocket
  • pocket and pulled
  • his shirt pocket
  • his pocket for
  • from his pocket
  • his coat pocket
  • pocket for his

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosispoachpoacherpockmarkedpodpodcast

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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