an organized nationwide principally postal gambling pool betting on the result of football matches
Also called: football pools
Word origin
C20: from pool2 (in the sense: a gambling kitty)
Examples of 'pools' in a sentence
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Wide Moorish arches, high vaulted ceilings, marble floors, Italian mosaic swimming pools; it'll be like a palace.
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All related terms of 'pools'
pool
A pool is the same as a → swimming pool .
football pools
If you do the football pools , you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches.
carpool
to participate in or transport by participating in a car pool
car pool
A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English , car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
gene pool
the sum of all the genes in an interbreeding population
gold pool
the representatives of the UK, the US, France, Switzerland , West Germany, Belgium , Italy, the Netherlands , and Luxembourg who, between 1961 and 1968, unsuccessfully attempted to fix the price of gold at $35 per ounce
hot pool
a pool or spring that is heated geothermally
moon pool
(in the oil industry ) an open shaft in the centre of the hull of a ship engaged in deep-sea drilling through which drilling takes place
rock pool
A rock pool is a small pool between rocks on the edge of the sea.
tide pool
See tidal pool Also : tidepool
van pool
a group of workers who travel to work in the same van , provided by their employer
dirty pool
dishonest behaviour
tidal pool
a pool of water remaining on a reef , shore platform , or beach after the tide has receded
wheat pool
(in Western Canada) a cereal farmers ' cooperative
plunge pool
a pool or bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
typing pool
a group of typists who can work for different people
wading pool
A wading pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to play in.
birthing pool
a large bath in which a woman can give birth
paddling pool
A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
pool a risk
If an insurer pools a risk , it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
swimming pool
A swimming pool is a large hole in the ground that has been made and filled with water so that people can swim in it.
hydrotherapy pool
a pool of water used for hydrotherapy
reinsurance pool
the grouping of insurers that provide partial or complete insurance coverage to other insurers for (a risk on which a policy has already been issued)