# pocketing

Pronunciation: say "PO-kit-ing" US /ˈpɑ.kɪt.ɪŋ/, UK /ˈpɒ.kɪt.ɪŋ/; AUS say "PAW-kit-ing" /ˈpɔ.kɪt.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle of pocket. — present participle and gerund of pocket
   - Simple: Present participle of pocket. Use this form for an action happening as you speak.
   - _The clerk was caught pocketing money from the register._
   - _Pocketing the keys, he slipped quietly out the back door._

## Noun

2. The act of taking something, usually by illicitly purloining it.
   - Simple: The act of taking something, often by stealing it.
   - _The quiet pocketing of unsold tickets went unnoticed for months._
   - _Auditors uncovered the systematic pocketing of customer payments._
3. Material used to make the pockets in clothing.
   - Simple: A type of cloth used to make the pockets in clothes.
   - _The factory ordered rolls of cotton pocketing for the new trouser line._
   - _Sturdy pocketing keeps coins from wearing through the lining._
4. A structure that resembles a pocket or pouch in shape.
   - Simple: A small hollow space shaped like a pouch.
   - _Erosion carved a pocketing into the limestone wall._
   - _A pocketing of trapped gas formed inside the cooling lava._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pocketing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).