pocket /pokˈit/ noun- A little pouch or bag, esp one fitted in or attached to a garment or a snooker table or the cover of a book
- A cavity
- A rock cavity filled with ore, veinstone, etc
- A portion of the atmosphere differing in pressure or other condition from its surroundings
- A small isolated area or patch, as of military resistance, unemployment, etc
- The innermost compartment of a pound-net
- One's personal stock of money
- A bag of wool, etc, containing about 1/2 sack
- The area behind the offensive linemen (American football)
adjective- For the pocket
- Of a small size
transitive verb (pockˈeting; pockˈeted)- To put in one's pocket or a pocket
- To receive and keep for oneself, to accept (a cash prize payment, etc)
- To appropriate
- To take stealthily
- To conceal
- To enclose
- To hem in
- To play into a pocket (snooker, etc)
intransitive verb To form a pocket ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr pokete (Fr pochette, dimin of poche pocket) pockˈetful noun (pl pockˈet-fuls) As much as a pocket will hold pockˈetless adjective pocket battleship noun A small battleship, built to specifications limited by treaty, etc pocket bike same as minimoto (see under mini-). pockˈetbook noun - A notebook
- A wallet for papers or money carried in the pocket
- A small book for the pocket
- A handbag (US)
pocket borough see under borough pockˈet-comb noun A hair-comb small enough for carrying in the pocket pockˈet-glass noun A small mirror for carrying in the pocket pocket gopher noun An American burrowing rodent, the pouched rat pockˈet-handkˈerchief noun A handkerchief for carrying in the pocket pockˈet-hole noun The opening in a garment giving access to a pocket pocket knife noun A knife with one or more blades folding into the handle, for carrying in the pocket pocket money noun - Money carried for occasional expenses
- An allowance, esp to a child
pocket mouse noun A small rodent of the genus Perognathus, native to the N American desert pockˈet-picking noun The act or practice of picking other people's pockets pockˈet-piece noun A coin carried to bring luck pockˈet-pisˈtol noun - A pistol for carrying in the pocket
- A small travelling flask for liquor
pockˈet-sized adjective Small enough for the pocket pocket veto noun (US) A President's indirect veto of a bill passed by Congress, done by delaying its signing until the legislative session is over have deep pockets To have access to extensive financial resources in one's pocket - Under one's control or influence
- Very close to one
in (or out of) pocket - With or without money
- The richer or the poorer by a transaction (outˈ-of-pockˈet adjective of expenses, etc, paid in cash)
line one's pockets To make or take money dishonestly from business entrusted to one pick a person's pocket To steal from his or her pocket pocket an insult, affront, etc To submit to or put up with it without protest pocket one's pride To humble oneself to accept a situation out (see also out-) /owt/ adverb- (shading into adj predicatively), not within
- Forth
- To, towards, or at the exterior or a position away from the inside or inner part or from anything thought of as enclosing, hiding or obscuring
- From among others
- From the mass
- Beyond bounds
- Away from the original or normal position or state
- At or towards the far end, or a remote position
- Seawards
- Not within, or away from, one's dwelling, work premises, etc
- In or into the open air
- In or into a state of exclusion or removal
- Not in office
- Not in use or fashion
- Debarred, not to be considered
- No longer in the game
- No longer in as a batsman, dismissed
- Not batting
- Out of the contest and unable to resume in time
- In the condition of having won
- Away from the mark
- At fault
- In error
- Not in form or good condition
- At a loss
- In or into a disconcerted, perplexed or disturbed state
- In or into an unconscious state
- Not in harmony or amity
- In distribution
- In or into the hands of others or the public
- On loan
- To or at an end
- In an exhausted or extinguished state
- Completely
- Thoroughly
- Subjected to loss
- In or to the field
- In quest of or expressly aiming at something
- In rebellion
- On strike
- In an exposed state
- No longer in concealment or obscurity
- In or into the state of having openly declared one's homosexuality
- In or into the open
- Before the public
- In or into society (old)
- On domestic service (archaic)
- In existence
- At full length
- In an expanded state
- In bloom
- In extension
- Loudly and clearly
- Forcibly
- Unreservedly
adjective- External
- Outlying
- Remote
- Played away from home
- Outwards
- Not batting
- Exceeding the usual
- In any condition expressed by the adverb out
noun- A projection or outward bend (as in outs and ins)
- A way out, a way of escape
- Someone who is out
- An instance of putting a player out (baseball)
- That which is outside
- An omission in setting type (printing)
- A paying out, esp (in pl) rates and taxes, etc (dialect)
- An outing (dialect)
- A disadvantage, drawback (US)
- Permission to go out (US)
preposition- Forth from (informal or N American)
- Outside of (now rare)
- Without (obsolete)
transitive verb- To put out or throw out
- To knock out
- To make public the homosexuality of (a person in public life) without his or her permission (informal)
- To make public any facts about (a person in public life) that he or she does not wish to be revealed (informal)
intransitive verb- To surface, be revealed, emerge publicly, as in truth will out
- To go out (informal)
- (with with) to bring out (archaic or dialect)
- (with with) to say suddenly or unexpectedly (informal)
interjection- Expressing peremptory dismissal
- Announcing that a player is out, the ball not in court, etc
- Indicating that one has come to the end of one's transmission (radio)
- Alas (archaic)
- Shame (usu out upon; archaic)
ORIGIN: OE ūte, ūt; Gothic ut, Ger aus, Sans ud outˈed adjective - Having had private facts about oneself made public (informal)
- Ejected
outˈer noun Someone who makes public another person's homosexuality outˈing noun see separate entry outˈness noun - The state of being out
- Externality to the perceiving mind, objectiveness
out'ro noun (pl out'ros) The concluding section of a song, TV programme, etc outˈ-and-out adjective - Thoroughgoing
- Thorough-paced
- Utter
- Absolute
- Unqualified
adverb /owt-ənd-owtˈ/ - Finally and completely
- Definitely
- Unreservedly
out-and-outˈer noun (informal) - Any person or thing that is a complete or extreme type
- A thorough-going partisan
- A great lie
outˈ-box noun (computing) A file for storing electronic mail that has been or is to be sent to another computer out-of-doorsˈ adjective - (also out-of-doorˈ) open-air, outdoor (see out-)
- Outside of parliament
noun The open air out-of(-the)-bodˈy adjective Of or relating to an occurrence in which an individual has the experience of being outside his or her own body out-of-the-wayˈ adjective - Uncommon, unusual
- Singular
- Secluded
- Remote
out-of-townˈ adjective (of a retail outlet) situated away from a main commercial centre out-oˈver or out-owre /owt-owrˈ or oot-owrˈ/ adverb and preposition (Scot) - Out over
- Over
outˈ-tray noun A shallow container for letters, etc, ready to be dispatched at outs (US) At odds from out Out from murder will out see under murder on the outs (with) (informal) - On unfriendly terms (with)
- Becoming unpopular, unfashionable, etc
out and about - Able to go out, convalescent
- Active out of doors
out and away (old) - By far
- Beyond competition
out at elbow see elbow out for - Abroad in quest of
- Aiming at obtaining or achieving
- Dismissed from batting with a score of
out from under Out of a difficult situation out of - From within
- From among
- Not in
- Not within
- Excluded from
- From (a source, material, motive, condition, possession, language, etc)
- Born of
- Beyond the bounds, range or scope of
- Deviating from, in disagreement with
- Away or distant from
- Without, destitute or denuded of
out of character see under character out of course (rare) Out of order out of date - Not abreast of the times
- Old-fashioned
- Obsolete
- No longer valid
- No longer current (out-of-dateˈ adjective)
out of doors In or to the open air out of it - Excluded from participation
- Without a chance
- Unable to behave normally or control oneself, usually because of drink or drugs (slang)
out of joint see under join out of place see under place out of pocket see under pocket out of print see under print out of sight see under sight1 out of sorts see under sort out of temper see under temper out of the question see under question out of the way Not in the way, not impeding or preventing progress out of this world see under world out of time see under time out of work see under work out on one's feet - As good as knocked out
- Done for, but with a semblance of carrying on
outs and ins see ins and outs under in1 out there - In existence
- Unconventional, avant-garde (informal)
out to Aiming, working resolutely, to out to lunch see under lunch out to out - In measurement from outside to outside
- Overall
out upon (archaic) Shame on out with - Let's do away with
- Not friendly with
- See also out (vi) above
out with it! (informal) Say what you have to say, and be quick about it, spit it out |