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ricket.

Unsteady, rickety.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Unsteady, rickety.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

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

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).

noun
  1. A racket or disturbance.

    dialectal · obsolete
  2. A policeman's rattle.

    dialectal · obsolete
  3. An error; a mistake.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).

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