ricket.
Unsteady, rickety.
Meaning & usage
Unsteady, rickety.
Where this word comes from
From a dialectal past participle of rick (“to rattle, jiggle, make a noise”), equivalent to rick + -et.
To move rapidly and uncertainly, often in a noisy, clamorous, or reckless manner.
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”).
A racket or disturbance.
A policeman's rattle.
An error; a mistake.
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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