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ricket

The English word “ricket” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Unsteady, rickety.

verb

  1. To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or reckless manner.

noun

  1. A racket or disturbance.
  2. A policeman's rattle.
  3. An error; a mistake.

Etymology

From a dialectal past participle of rick (“to rattle, jiggle, make a noise”), equivalent to rick + -et.

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