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Definition: Pricket |
PricketNoun1. A sharp metal spike to hold a candle. 2. Male deer in his second year. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pricket" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Note: Pricket \Prick"et\, noun. [Perhaps so called from the state of his horns. See Prick, and compare to Brocket.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
charlene pricket | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pricket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثقب (auger, brace, cribriform, perforated, wimble), شوكة (backbone, barb, fang, goad, prickle, spine, spur, thorn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шип на който се забива свещ, едногодишен мъжки елен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | brocard. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ελάφι χρονιάρικο (brocket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyéves õzbak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | pinney cainlereagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | icketpray braço de castiçal. (various references) vârf pentru fixarea lumânãrii. (various references) годовалый олень. (various references) jelen dvogodac. (various references) pincho en un candelabro que sirve para sujetar la vela, corzo (roe, roe deer, Roebuck). (various references) spetsbock, ljusstake med pigg. (various references) iki yaşındaki erkek geyik, boynuzları dallanmamış iki yaşındaki geyik. (various references) вістря для насадки свічки, однорічний олень. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "pricket": prickets. (additional references) | |
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"Pricket" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pricke, pricken, Prickett, Primchet, procket, rickett. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pricket" (pronounced 'Prick"et'): Acquiet, Anet, Armet, Becket, Blushet, Brocket, Budget, Bushet, Cachet, Chewet, Chuet, Claret, Clicket, Comet, Crevet, Crewet, Crocket, Crownet, Cruet, Crumpet, Flacket, Flasket, freshet, grivet, HATCHET, Latchet, Levet, locket, Malet, midget, Miscovet, Moonet, Nidget, Nymphet, Owlet, Piet, Placket, Planchet, Planet, Plashet, Pledget, Poet, Poket, Popet, Porket, Privet, Prophet, Puet, Purset, Pyet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-k-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: picker, picket, ticker. | |
-2 letters: citer, crept, cripe, icker, kiter, piker, price, prick, recti, trice, trick, trike, tripe. | |
-3 letters: cire, cite, epic, etic, keir, kepi, kept, kier, kite, peck, peri, perk, pert, pice, pick, pier, pike, reck, rice, rick, ripe, rite, tick, tier, tike, tire, trek, trip. | |
-4 letters: cep, ice, ick, ire, irk, kep, kip. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-k-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: picketer, prickets. | |
+2 letters: nitpicker, picketers, prickiest. | |
+3 letters: nitpickers, nitpickier, pernickety, pigsticker, politicker, prickliest, puckeriest, stockpiler, superthick, taperstick. | |
+4 letters: computernik, persnickety, pigstickers, pitchforked, politickers, stockpilers, tapersticks. | |
+5 letters: bankruptcies, computerlike, computerniks, hyperkinetic, postcardlike. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 69 63 6B 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. .. -.-. -.- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r i c k e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0069 0063 006B 0065 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847569777186 |
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