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big pocket

big pocket noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, pocket.

Noun

big pocket (plural big pockets)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, pocket.
  2. A situation where a ball is lying close to a pocket, such that another ball being potted into that pocket may go in either directly or off the first ball, creating a wider margin of error than normal, and hence the illusion that the pocket is bigger than normal.

Forms of big pocket

pluralbig pockets

Questions about big pocket

What does big pocket mean?
Big pocket means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, pocket.
What part of speech is big pocket?
Big pocket is a noun.
What is the plural of big pocket?
The plural of big pocket is big pockets.

Words near big pocket in the dictionary

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  2. big phat
  3. big picture
  4. big pictures
  5. Big Pine
  6. big pocket
  7. big pregnant
  8. Big Q
  9. Big Quill
  10. Big Quit
  11. Big Rapids

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