Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clicket

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: click-et
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be in oestrus; to copulate.

Intransitive verb

noun

The knocker of a door.

British usage

noun

British usage

Example Sentences

"The sound of the clicketting foxes was unmistakable."
"A Fox goeth to Clickitting."
"Soon after the New Year vixens start miauling, and the curious proceeding known as clicketting soon follows."

Etymology

From Old French cliquet (“the latch of a door”). See click.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: cliquet

Usage

Intransitive verb
British usage

Inflected Forms

clickets (present, singular) clicketing (participle, present) clicketed (participle, past) clicketed (past) clickets (plural)

Questions

What does clicket mean?: To be in oestrus; to copulate.
Where does clicket come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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