pocketa-pocketaint.adv.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɒkᵻtəˈpɒkᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˈˌpɑkədəˈpɑkədə/

Forms: 1900s– pocketa-pocketa, 1900s– pocketta-pocketta, 1900s– pockety-pockety. Also reduplicated.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare put-put n.

A. int. (and adv.)

Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal combustion engine. Also as adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun]

puttering1824

pant1840

puff-puff1856

chug1866

phut1874

teuf-teuf1902

tuff-tuff1902

chuff1914

chuff-chuff1914

phut-phut1916

put-putting1923

put-put1925

pocketa-pocketa1939

putter1942

phut-phutting1954

1939 J. Thurber in New Yorker 18 Mar. 19/1 The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa.

1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf i. 11 A helicopter was warming up... Pockety, pockety, pockety.

1977 J. Aiken Last Movement ix. 174 I could hear his heart going pocketa-pocketa.

2003 W. Brandt Bk. of Film of Story of My Life i. 13 I have ten seconds. I sit on the edge of the bed, rest my left arm on the bedside table, and keep still. Pocketa Pocketa Pocketa.

B. n.

A series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal combustion engine, the wheels of a train, distant shooting, or the like.

ΚΠ

1975 H. C. Selvin in L. A. Coser Idea of Social Structure 340 A gigantic but malfunctioning piece of machinery that is emitting a Thurberian pocketa-queep instead of its normal pocketa-pocketa.

1983 Forbes (Nexis) 6 June 10 The pocketa-pocketa of the diesel engine will be heard less in the land.

1989 Listener 4 May 23/2 There was the pocketta-pocketta of small-arms fire.

2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 May c14 Once upon a time, the prevailing sound of a train was the pocketa-pocketa of its wheels.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pocketa-pocketa
释义	pocketa-pocketaint.adv.n. Brit. /ˌpɒkᵻtəˈpɒkᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑkədəˈpɑkədə/ Forms: 1900s– pocketa-pocketa, 1900s– pocketta-pocketta, 1900s– pockety-pockety. Also reduplicated. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare put-put n. A. int. (and adv.) Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal combustion engine. Also as adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] puttering1824 pant1840 puff-puff1856 chug1866 phut1874 teuf-teuf1902 tuff-tuff1902 chuff1914 chuff-chuff1914 phut-phut1916 put-putting1923 put-put1925 pocketa-pocketa1939 putter1942 phut-phutting1954 1939 J. Thurber in New Yorker 18 Mar. 19/1 The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf i. 11 A helicopter was warming up... Pockety, pockety, pockety. 1977 J. Aiken Last Movement ix. 174 I could hear his heart going pocketa-pocketa. 2003 W. Brandt Bk. of Film of Story of My Life i. 13 I have ten seconds. I sit on the edge of the bed, rest my left arm on the bedside table, and keep still. Pocketa Pocketa Pocketa. B. n. A series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal combustion engine, the wheels of a train, distant shooting, or the like. ΚΠ 1975 H. C. Selvin in L. A. Coser Idea of Social Structure 340 A gigantic but malfunctioning piece of machinery that is emitting a Thurberian pocketa-queep instead of its normal pocketa-pocketa. 1983 Forbes (Nexis) 6 June 10 The pocketa-pocketa of the diesel engine will be heard less in the land. 1989 Listener 4 May 23/2 There was the pocketta-pocketta of small-arms fire. 2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 May c14 Once upon a time, the prevailing sound of a train was the pocketa-pocketa of its wheels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.adv.n.1939
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