Showing results for pools. Search instead for wools.

pools

British

/ puːlz /

plural noun

Also called: football pools. an organized nationwide principally postal gambling pool betting on the result of football matches

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of pools

C20: from _pool ² (in the sense: a gambling kitty)

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“You will have central transparency of all of the trading and quoting activity that’s occurring in the lit venues and dark pools around the world.”

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The enormous intrusion unfolded within just a few days and involved enough magma to fill roughly 32,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

"We work in staggered timing... doing our work in early mornings and after sunset," said 42-year-old Babulal Narayan, who rakes the salt as brine water dries in shallow pools.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Four four-team pools will be used only for the Division 1 playoffs this postseason.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

That was the beauty of credit default swaps: They enabled him to make a fortune if just a tiny fraction of these dubious pools of mortgages went bad.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023