Phrase Hound found 200 phrases and 38 compound words that contain pocket. The most common are listed below. Open pocket in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 200
- pocket moneyA small sum of money given to a child, by a parent or guardian; an allowance
- pocket watchA watch carried in the pocket, often with a closing cover and usually attached to a chain.
- Pocket pc
- back-pocketTo put (something) into a back pocket.
- out of pocketLacking funds, or suffering a financial loss; broke.
- pocket dictionaryA small portable dictionary.
- air pocketA local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current; especially one that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly.
- pocket poolThe act of manipulating one's genitalia through a trouser pocket; masturbation.
- pocket callAn unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in one's (pants or trouser) pocket due to body movement.
- pocket squareA handkerchief worn in a breast pocket as an accessory to a suit.
- watch pocketA small pocket in the waistband of men's trousers or in other garments for carrying a pocket watch.
- pocket bikeA miniature motorcycle, with a wheelbase in the range of 1000 mm and an engine displacing as little as 40cc.
- pocket dialA situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
- pocket changeSynonym of small change (“coins in the pocket, ready to spend”).
- pocket doorA door that slides into the wall.
- Front pocket
- Middle PocketA locality in the Byron council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- breast pocketa small, outward pocket on a jacket or shirt, located over one's chest
- hip pocketA pocket found near of just behind the hip in a pair of trousers or a skirt.
- patch pocketA pocket made of a piece of fabric by sewing it onto the outside of a garment.
- pocket bookAlternative form of pocketbook (“small-form book”).
- pocket parkA small public park.
- inside pocketA pocket inside of a garment, hence not visible to others.
- pocket clockA small portable timepiece; a pocket watch.
- pocket mouseA mouse of the subfamily Perognathinae
Compound words 38
- pocketbookA purse or handbag.
- pocketknifeA knife small enough for carrying safely and handily in a pocket; usually a folding knife (with blades or tools that the user can fold or retract into the handle).
- pocketfulThe amount that a pocket would hold.
- hindpocketA pocket located in the rear; back pocket
- forepocketA pocket located in the front; front pocket
- pocketlessWithout pockets.
- pocketerOne who pockets something, or (figurative) appropriates money or goods.
- pocketyOccurring in isolated pockets.
- repocketTo pocket again; to return to one's pocket.
- micropocketA very small pocket (all senses).