ricket
ricket · rickets
An error; a mistakeAn error; a mistake.
Meaning
3 senses(dialectal)An error; a mistake.
(dialectal, obsolete)A racket or disturbance.
(dialectal, obsolete)A policeman's rattle.
Origin
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps reUncertain. Perhaps an alteration of racket, influenced by Etymology 1 above, or perhaps related to Norwegian Nynorsk rikta (“to make a noise, creak”).
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