1 a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles.
• a pouchlike compartment providing separate storage space, for example in a suitcase.
• informal (often pockets) a person or organization's financial resources : the food was all priced to suit the hard-up airman's pocket | our pockets are empty.
• Baseball the hollow in the center of a baseball glove or mitt where the ball can best be caught.
• an opening at the corner or on the side of a billiard table into which balls are struck.
2 a small patch of something : some of the gardens still had pockets of dirty snow in them.
• a small, isolated group or area : there were pockets of disaffection in parts of the country.
• Football 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.
• a cavity in a rock or stratum filled with ore or other distinctive component.
• Aeronautics an air pocket.
hand in pocket
He found the slowly swing pocket watch in the hypnotist's hand to be completely mesmerizing.
You mean Junie? What is the question?
On The Other Hand
Dough is slang for money. If you "fork out enough dough," you pull money out of your pocket until you have enough and then hand it over to whoever you are buying something from - "fork out" refers to using a manure fork to clear out used straw in a horse or cow stall.
Just tell him you would like to hold his hand. Take charge, take his hand out of his pocket and hold it tight! Stick you hand in his pocket and hold his hand in there
Brass in Pocket-Pretenders.
If you mean hand-held calculators, HP has sold an extensive line of them since the beginning of the hand-held pocket calculator era.
The hand in poker with the highest probability of beating pocket aces is a pair of aces.
It is not appropriate for a man to put his hands in your pockets. Either he is a pickpocket or a pervert.
hand in pocket
Alanis Morrissette
put the pants on backwards
Shelrock Holmes put his hand in a pocket to get out some change and discovered a watch there.
it means get your head on straight
Someone who has money but never puts his hand in his pocket to pay for anything has deep pockets but short arms.