"ricket" meaning in English

See ricket in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: rickets [present, singular, third-person], ricketing [participle, present], ricketed [participle, past], ricketed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ricket (third-person singular simple present rickets, present participle ricketing, simple past and past participle ricketed)
  1. (transitive) To move rapidly and uncertainly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ricket-en-verb-4ohBhm2F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ricket meaning in English (1.5kB)

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          "ref": "1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel",
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          "ref": "a. 1940, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Homes of the Stars",
          "text": "Suddenly he went ricketing down the street, beads of gin breaking out profusely on his forehead. He had left his car beside Gus Venske's umbrella. And now he remembered another recognizing clue and hoped that Ronald Colman didn't know his last name.",
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        "To move rapidly and uncertainly."
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        "(transitive) To move rapidly and uncertainly."
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