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pocket

zak

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pocket

1. zak

Engels > Engels

pocket

1. n. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

2. n. Such a receptacle seen as housing someone's money; hence, financial resources.

I paid for it out of my own pocket.

3. n. (sports) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

4. n. An enclosed volume of one substance surrounded by another.

The drilling expedition discovered a pocket of natural gas.

5. n. (Australia) An area of land surrounded by a loop of a river.

6. n. (Australian rules football) 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 roug

7. n. (American Football) The region directly behind the offensive line in which the quarterback executes plays.

8. n. (military) An area where military units are completely surrounded by enemy units.

9. n. (rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.

10. n. A large bag or sack formerly used for packing various articles, such as ginger, hops, or cowries.

11. n. (architecture) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, etc.

12. n. (mining) A cavity in a rock containing a nugget of gold, or other mineral; a small body of ore contained in such a cavity.

13. n. (nautical) A strip of canvas sewn upon a sail so that a batten or a light spar can placed in the interspace.

14. n. The pouch of an animal.

15. n. (bowling) The ideal point where the pins are hit by the bowling ball.

16. n. A socket for receiving the base of a post, stake, etc.

17. n. A bight on a lee shore.

18. n. (dentistry) A small space between a tooth and the adjoining gum, formed by an abnormal separation of the two.

19. v. To put (something) into a pocket.

20. v. (sports) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

21. v. (slang) To take and keep (especially money) that which is not one's own.

22. v. (slang) To shoplift, to steal.

23. v. (transitive, obsolete) To receive (an insult, an affront, etc.) without open resentment, or without seeking redress.

24. adj. Of a size suitable for putting into a pocket.

pocket dictionary

25. adj. Smaller or more compact than usual.

pocket battleship, pocket beach

26. adj. (Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.

A pocket pair of kings.

Nederlands > Engels

zak

1. n-m. A pliable container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.

2. n-m. A pocket.

Ik heb niets op zak.

My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)

3. n-m. (slang) A scrotum

4. n-m. (slang) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".

5. n-m. (obsolete, slang) A whore, cunt.

6. n-m. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

7. n-m. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.

8. n-m. (Southern Dutch, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.

9. v. imperative of zakken

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

The boy has an apple in his pocket.
    De jongen heeft een appel in zijn zak.
What else do you have in your pocket?
    Wat hebt ge nog meer op zak?
"How did you fit a briefcase into your pocket?!" the woman asked, stunned.
    "Hoe heeft u een aktetas in uw zak gekregen?!" vroeg de vrouw stomverbaasd.
It probably fell out of my pocket.
    Waarschijnlijk is hij uit mijn zak gevallen.

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