English Explanatory Dictionary

ricket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  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.

Word forms

ricket more ricket most ricket rickets ricketing ricketed

Etymology

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

Related words

rickets rickety
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