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单词 pocketa-pocketa
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Definition of pocketa-pocketa in English:

pocketa-pocketa

(also pockety-pockety, pocketta-pocketta)
exclamation ˌpɒkɪtəˈpɒkɪtə
  • Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal-combustion engine.

noun ˌpɒkɪtəˈpɒkɪtə
  • 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.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in James Thurber (1894–1961), writer and cartoonist. Imitative.

 
 

Definition of pocketa-pocketa in US English:

pocketa-pocketa

(also pockety-pockety, pocketta-pocketta)
exclamationˌpɒkɪtəˈpɒkɪtə
  • Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal-combustion engine.

nounˌpɒkɪtəˈpɒkɪtə
  • 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.

Origin

1930s; earliest use found in James Thurber (1894–1961), writer and cartoonist. Imitative.

 
 
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