30
4.8
- noun
- /ˈpɑkɪt/
- Eight ball, side pocket.
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Examples
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All right, eight ball, corner pocket.
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Junior Jenkins shot the eight ball in the pocket and picked up the money from the pool table.
Fiction book (1993) -
1 ball in the corner pocket.
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I'm gonna go ahead and put the four ball in the corner pocket.
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Eight ball, corner pocket, two cushions.
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At ease, A.J., and get away from the pocket. 9 in the corner. Shepherd makes the shot.
Fiction book (1995) -
Fifteen ball, corner pocket.
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The player aimed for the eight ball to go into the corner pocket on the pool table.
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He called out, 'One ball in the side pocket!' as he lined up his next shot.
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With a clever move, she sent the nine ball straight into the pocket to win the game.
Synonyms
7
3.2
A pocket on the side of a pool table where you sink balls
6
3.7
A pocket at a corner of a pool table where balls fall
Idioms
Pay for something with your own money instead of getting money from someone else
- Informal
A helpful idea or tool kept secret to use when needed
Compounds
13
2.2
A small folding tool with a metal blade that fits into its handle and into a pocket
- Formal
1
8.8
A president or governor keeping a bill not signed until lawmakers end their meeting so it cannot become law
1
4.8
A call someone makes by mistake when their phone's buttons are pressed in a pocket
1
3.5
A piece of cloth that covers a pocket opening to keep things safe and make the pocket look neater
1
4.0
Games like pool that are played on a table with six pockets where players hit balls with a long stick
- Archaic
1
9.9
A very small town where one person or family controls who is elected to Parliament
- US
1
9.3
A small rodent active at night that lives in burrows and carries seeds in cheek pouches
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
A small rodent from Mexico with fur lined cheek pouches for carrying food
A small secret pocket with a spring that holds small valuable items inside clothing
- Specialized
A small mouse with stiff fur and cheek pouches that lives in dry grasslands
A small burrowing animal like a mouse that has fur-lined cheek pouches and makes dirt mounds
A small animal that lives underground in grasslands and carries food in pockets in its cheeks
A small mouse in central United States grasslands that carries food in cheek pouches
A small animal that lives underground and digs tunnels in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
A small burrowing rodent that lives in western United States valleys and meadows with fur-lined cheek pouches
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pocket for the hole in a pool or bowling game comes from the same picture of a small bag or opening that catches things. So when a ball goes into the pocket, it is like being caught in a little bag.