The area of the field to the side of the goal posts (four pockets in total on the field, one to each side of the goals at each end of the ground). The pocket is only a roughly defined area, extending from the behind post, at an angle, to perhaps about 30 meters out
The two cards dealt to you face down in hold'em, or the first two face down in seven card stud are your pocket cards, or hole cards Hold'em players tend to call them pocket cards, stud players tend to call them hole cards See also pocket pair
a small isolated group of people; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance"
A strip of canvas, sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace
A large bag or sack used in packing various articles, as ginger, hops, cowries, etc
If you are out of pocket, you have less money than you should have or than you intended, for example because you have spent too much or because of a mistake. They were well out of pocket -- they had spent far more in Hollywood than he had earned see also out-of-pocket
A protected area formed by members of the offensive line several yards behind the line of scrimmage within which the quarterback sets up to pass