Pocketfuls 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.

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