Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

docket

/ˈdɑ.kɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: dock-et
IPA: /ˈdɑ.kɪt/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A summary; a brief digest.

Obsolete

noun

A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.

noun

A schedule of cases awaiting action in a court.

noun

An agenda of things to be done.

noun

A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.

noun

Australian usage

verb

To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

Transitive verb

verb

To label a parcel, etc.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And I think it’s probably fair to say that all of the more recent cases that are on the interim/emergency/whatever-we-want-to-call-it-these-days dockets, so they’re still in progress."
"to docket goods"
"to docket letters and papers"
"Whatever letters and papers you keep , docket and tie them up in their respective classes , so that you may instantly have recourse to any one"
"judgments regularly docketed"

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdɑ.kɪt/
British English: /ˈdɒk.ɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dockets (plural) docquet (alternative, archaic) dockets (present, singular) docketing (participle, present) docketed (participle, past) docketed (past)

Derived Forms

docketer redocket undocketed

Phrases

on the docket rocket docket shadow docket stet docket docketing software

Frequently Paired Words

receipt

Synonyms

agenda schedule

Rhymes With

pocket rocket hip-pocket socket sprocket hocutt locket brocket cocket

Questions

How do you pronounce docket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɑ.kɪt/.
What does docket mean?: A summary; a brief digest.
Where does docket come from?: Uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of dock.

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