pocket
n 1 mfuko. (be) in someone's ~ wa kibaraka wa mtu fulani; nunuliwa na mtu. pick somebody's ~ -chomoa, chomolea. put one's pride in one's ~ kubali aibu ili kutimiza lengo. be/live in each other's ~s -wa pamoja siku zote. line one's ~s jitajirisha (hasa kwa njia zisizo halali). put one's hand in one's ~ kuwa tayari kutoa au kutumia pesa. 2 mali, fedha. be in/out of ~ pata faida/hasara. out-of ~ expenses gharama/matumizi halisi. 3 kishimo, kifuko, kibonge, chungu air ~ kifuko cha hewa ~s of resistance upinzani wa hapa na pale ~ of gold in the rock kibonge cha dhahabu katika jabali. 4 kitu kidogo a ~ dictionary kamusi ndogo a ~ camera kamera ndogo. 5 (compounds) ~- book n kitabu kidogo cha kuandikia; (US) pochi ~ - handkerchief leso, hanchifu. ~ knife n kisu kidogo cha kukunja; kijembe. ~- money n kichele, fedha kidogo za kununulia vitu vidogo vidogo. pocketful n kiasi kinachojaa mfuko. vt 1 tia mfukoni, futika. ~an insult vumilia udhia. ~ one's pride ficha aibu. 2 shikilia (fedha n.k.) pasipo haki; iba. 3 (billiard) funga bao.