Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pocketa-queep

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pock-e-ta-queep
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

A sound from a machine, usually when in need of a tune-up.

Example Sentences

"He sprang to the machine, which was now going pocketa-pocketa-queep-pocketa-queep."
"TA-POCKETA-POCKETA-QUEEP! TA-POCKETA-POCKETA-QUEEP! TA-POCKETA-POCKETA-QUEEP! went the Odor Extractors."
"At the instant Mr. Smitty saw the woman, smoke ballooned out from the dual tailpipes of his hurtling car, and the engine's sound changed to an unsettling pocketa-pocketa-queep-pocketa-queep."
"It is like the old joke about the man who is called in to repair a gigantic but malfunctioning piece of machinery that is emitting a Thurberian pocketa-queep instead of its normal pocketa-pocketa."

Etymology

Imitative, from a James Thurber short story.

Frequently Paired Words

queep

Questions

What does pocketa-queep mean?: A sound from a machine, usually when in need of a tune-up.
Where does pocketa-queep come from?: Imitative, from a James Thurber short story.

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