Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bockety

[ˈbɑkətiː]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bock-ety
IPA: [ˈbɑkətiː]

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over)

Example Sentences

"Don't sit on that chair, it has bockety legs."
"The baby smiled happily as he was pushed along in the bockety pram."

Etymology

From Irish bacaidí, from bacach (“lame”).

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: bacaidí

Inflected Forms

bockedy (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce bockety?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈbɑkətiː].
What does bockety mean?: unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over)
Where does bockety come from?: It is traced to Irish.

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