big pocket
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]big pocket (plural big pockets)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, pocket.
- (snooker) 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.