Meaning of pocketa-queep | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

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