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pocketted

pocketted is the simple past and past participle of pocket.

Meaning of pocket

Verb

pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing or (rare) pocketting, simple past and past participle pocketed or (rare) pocketted)

  1. (transitive) To put (something) into a pocket.
    • [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.
    Synonyms:
    pot
  3. (informal, transitive) To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own).
    • Record executives pocketed most of the young singer's earnings.
    Synonyms:
    trouser
  4. (dated, informal, transitive) To put up with; to bear without complaint.
    • As long as the house suffered the practice to prevail, they must submit to pocket the insult of being told that it existed.1810, Great Britain. Parliament, The Parliamentary Register, page 557

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Questions about pocketted

What is pocketted the simple past and past participle of?
Pocketted is the simple past and past participle of pocket.

Words near pocketted in the dictionary

  1. PocketQube
  2. PocketQubes
  3. pockets
  4. pockets up
  5. pocketsful
  6. pocketted
  7. pocketting
  8. pockettings
  9. pocketwards
  10. pocketwatch
  11. pocketwatches

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