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After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
Nancy Sinatra

Meaning of "rickety" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RICKETY

From rickets.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RICKETY

rickety  [ˈrɪkɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RICKETY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rickety is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RICKETY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rickety in the English dictionary

The first definition of rickety in the dictionary is likely to collapse or break; shaky. Other definition of rickety is feeble with age or illness; infirm. Rickety is also relating to, resembling, or afflicted with rickets.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RICKETY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
biscuity
ˈbɪskɪtɪ
blankety
ˈblæŋkɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
finickety
fɪˈnɪkɪtɪ
kitty
ˈkɪtɪ
perjinkity
pəˈdʒɪŋkɪtɪ
pernickety
pəˈnɪkɪtɪ
persnickety
pəˈsnɪkɪtɪ
rackety
ˈrækɪtɪ
tackety
ˈtækɪtɪ
thickety
ˈθɪkɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RICKETY

rickburner
ricker
ricketily
ricketiness
rickets
rickettsia
rickettsiae
rickettsial
rickettsial disease
rickettsial infection
rickey
rickle
rickly
rickrack
Rickrolling
ricksha
rickshaw
rickstand
rickstick
ricky-tick

WORDS THAT END LIKE RICKETY

anxiety
civil society
entirety
factor of safety
honor society
humane society
moiety
ninety
notoriety
perjinkety
piety
road safety
Royal Society
safety
sobriety
society
subtlety
surety
variety
velvety

Synonyms and antonyms of rickety in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RICKETY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rickety» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rickety

Translation of «rickety» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RICKETY

Find out the translation of rickety to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rickety from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rickety» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摇晃的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desvencijado
570 millions of speakers

English

rickety
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूका रोगी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متهالكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

покосившийся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষীণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

branlant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reyot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wackelig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

壊れそうな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망가질 듯한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rickety
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lung lay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

என்புருக்கியினால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cılız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traballante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozklekotany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похилений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rahitic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεχαρβαλωμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wrak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ranglig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vaklevoren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rickety

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RICKETY»

The term «rickety» is regularly used and occupies the 77.053 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RICKETY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rickety» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rickety» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rickety

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QUOTES WITH «RICKETY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rickety.
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Nancy Sinatra
After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RICKETY»

Discover the use of rickety in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rickety and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rickety witch
A rickety old witch who has been intimidated for years by two young witches inadvertently gives them their comeuppance one Halloween.
Maggie S. Davis, 1984
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The Rickety Barn Show
Excitement spreads through Rickety Barn Farm as the animals hear about Jasper the cat's plan to put on a show and every farm animal wants to get in on the fun.
Jemma Beeke, 2001
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The Rickety Bridge and the Broken Mirror
these fragments methinks I can build a rickety bridge that spans the gulf between you.” “Even a rickety bridge of straw, sir, could not link covenantalism and dispensationalism. I cannot see it,” Darby declared. “You cannot see it, sir, but I will ...
Brunson, 2007
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The Show at Rickety Barn
Big Gorilla has an itch - and it's right in the middle of his back!
Jemma Beeke, 2006
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Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Grades 5-9 (eBook)
Thirteen. different. ways. to. start. a. sentence! 1. Regular Order The rickety bus rides slowly down the road. 2. Question Does the rickety bus ride slowly down the road? 3. Exclamation How slowly the rickety bus rides down the road! 4. Adverb ...
Judy Gould, Evan Jay Gould, 2002
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Black Waters of Melancholy
Rickety Bone, Rickety Bone Calls you from beneath his stone Fear the grunt you fear the groan Fear the sound that is unknown Rickety Bone, Rickety Bone Gives a chuckle below his stone You listen close to hear the tone You look wide to find  ...
J.L. Parsons, 2013
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Diseases of Children: A Clinical Treatise Based on Lectures ...
Persons who have been rickety in childhood are often very strong in adult life, and live to a good old age. Amongst the large number of adults who were rickety as infants, the proportion of cases in which mollities ossium appears is excessively ...
Thomas Hillier, 1868
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Association medical journal
rickety pelvis, an angle open above, and in the malacosteon pelvis an angle open below — in both cases of about 141°. Transverse Section. In considering this section, the two halves of the plane of the brim are regarded as one continuous ...
Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, 1856
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Alcatraz
Then the quirt flashed above him and cut Rickety's flank; the crowd winced and gasped. Hewas notonly riding straight up but he was putting the quirt to Rickety— to Rickety! The piebald seemedto feel thesting oftheinsult more than thelash.
Max Brand, 2014
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Counting-Out Rhymes: A Dictionary
475 Rickety rickety rickety rye, Two fatcheeks and one black eye, Rickety rickety rickety rout, Whoever I touch next is out. Musick and Randolph, JAF, 63 (1950), 428 [Missouri], Rickety, rickety, rock. See 216. Rick, stick, stickity ho! See.
Roger D. Abrahams, Lois Rankin, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RICKETY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rickety is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yankees' Nathan Eovaldi Lends Stability to a Rickety Rotation
MINNEAPOLIS — Three relievers rose from the Yankees' bullpen bench on Sunday afternoon and began stretching their arms and loosening their legs. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Oh for a 'nice likkle house' - 66-yo lives in weather-beaten rickety
Sixty-six-year-old Aston Bingham lives alone in an old, lean wooden shed with holes almost as many as a strainer. Living in the small community surrounded by ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
3
Stem cells are new trick for rickety old dogs
BRITAIN'S reputation as a nation of dog lovers has been further cemented with news that owners are paying vets up to £1,700 for a stem cell treatment to ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
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Meet your Camp Crimson namesakes: Hi-Rickety session
Today marks the first day of Camp Crimson's 2015 Hi-Rickety session. Each student attending Hi-Rickety will be placed in one of three families: Morales, ... «The Oklahoma Daily, Jun 15»
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Review: 'The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack,' by Ian Tattersall
In “The Rickety Cossack,” Ian Tattersall, a paleoanthropologist (or “student of human evolution”) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, offers ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
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Amazing video shows nerve-wracking moment driver uses rickety
This is the moment a brave driver took his life in his hands by driving a large truck onto a ferry using two planks of wood. Footage captured on a mobile phone ... «Mirror.co.uk, May 15»
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Twisted Colossus: Six Flags Magic Mountain's rickety roller coaster …
SANTA CLARITA -- With a fresh coat of bright white paint and new steel tracks set in shades of green and blue, the Colossus of old is now a newer, prettier ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
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Ukraine erects rickety stretch of fences along eastern border in First …
HOPTIVKA, Ukraine — The flimsy, razor wire-topped fences popping up along bare expanses of Ukraine's eastern frontier are the first line of defense against a ... «National Post, May 15»
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Rickety, old jeeps and bikes crippling Mumbai's police force
Once the most prestigious and effective wing of the Mumbai police, the department now has few capable officers who are well-versed with the city. (Kunal ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»
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Greed, rickety buses earn Bihar infamy, delay evacuation from Nepal
Rickety buses provided by the Bihar government, the greed of their staff and lack of coordination have delayed the evacuation of hundreds of Indians stranded in ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»

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