Packetsful example sentences
pocketful
definition
- noun form of pocket
pock·et
noun
pocket (noun) · pockets (plural noun)
- a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles:
- a flexible compartment providing separate storage space, for example in a suitcase:
- used in reference to a person's financial resources:
- a small patch of something:
- a small, isolated group or area:
- a cavity in a rock or stratum filled with ore or other distinctive component.
- an air pocket.
- an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which balls are struck.
- the hollow in the center of a baseball glove or mitt where the ball can best be caught.
- the protected area behind the offensive line from which the quarterback throws passes.
- (in bowling) the space between the head pin and the pin immediately behind it on the left or right.
- of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket:
- on a small scale:
- put into one's pocket:
- take or receive (money or other valuables) for oneself, especially dishonestly:
- drive (a ball) into a pocket:
- enclose as though in a pocket:
- suppress (one's feelings) and proceed despite them:
- block passage of (a bill) by a pocket veto.