Definition of pocket

• n. - A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.
• n. - One of several bags attached to a billiard table, into which the balls are driven.
• n. - A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc.
• n. - A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like.
• n. - A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.
• n. - A hole containing water.
• n. - A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.
• n. - Same as Pouch.
• v. t. - To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change.
• v. t. - To take clandestinely or fraudulently.