air pocket
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5.3
- noun
- /ɛr ˈpɑkɪt/
- Specialized
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bolsón de aire
- It looks like there's some sort of air pocket in there.
- hit an air pocket
- eliminate air pockets
- find an air pocket
And so I went down and immediately I felt the air pocket going to my legs.
- And so I went down and immediately I felt the air pocket going to my legs.
Examples
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We hit an air pocket.
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We did hit one heck of an air pocket a few weeks ago, though.
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Oh, I think I hit an air pocket.
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This is due to periodic air pockets.
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It's an air pocket.
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Every air pocket sent jolts down Sarah's spine.
Fiction book (1999) -
The air around the landing strip is cold, windy, and full of air pockets (the kind that make you crash).
Blog text (21) -
During the flight, the pilot warned us that we might encounter an air pocket causing sudden turbulence.
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The passengers screamed as the plane suddenly dropped due to an air pocket encountered at cruising altitude.
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After hitting an air pocket, the aircraft unexpectedly lost altitude, startling everyone on board.
Synonyms
A sudden area of falling air that makes a plane drop
Antonyms
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Morphology
The compound 'air pocket' is compositionally interpretable as 'a pocket (localized area) of air'—the meaning follows directly from the constituents 'air' and 'pocket'. This literal, imageable concept (a small region of air that can cause turbulence or a sudden drop) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
The noun air pocket may come from the image of a small space of thin air like a loose pocket in the sky. When a plane flies into it the plane can drop or shake, so the phrase now means a 'sudden drop' or brief 'bump' in flight.