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Meaning of "tickey" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TICKEY

Of uncertain origin.
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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 TICKEY

tickey  [ˈtɪkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TICKEY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tickey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TICKEY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tickey in the English dictionary

The definition of tickey in the dictionary is a South African threepenny piece, which was replaced by the five-cent coin in 1961.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TICKEY


dickey
ˈdɪkɪ
hickey
ˈhɪkɪ
mickey
ˈmɪkɪ
micky
ˈmɪkɪ
nonsticky
ˌnɒnˈstɪkɪ
orthostichy
ɔːˈθɒstɪkɪ
parastichy
pəˈræstɪkɪ
picky
ˈpɪkɪ
plasticky
ˈplæˌstɪkɪ
psyche
ˈsaɪkɪ
quickie
ˈkwɪkɪ
reiki
ˈreɪkɪ
rheumaticky
ruːˈmætɪkɪ
shaky
ˈʃeɪkɪ
shticky
ˈʃtɪkɪ
staticky
ˈstætɪkɪ
sticky
ˈstɪkɪ
tricky
ˈtrɪkɪ
Vicky
ˈvɪkɪ
wiki
ˈwɪkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TICKEY

ticket agent
ticket barrier
ticket booth
ticket collector
ticket counter
ticket day
ticket desk
ticket holder
ticket inspector
ticket machine
ticket of leave
ticket office
ticket tout
ticket-of-leave man
ticketing
ticketless
tickets
tickettyboo
tickety-boo
ticking

WORDS THAT END LIKE TICKEY

ball hockey
disc jockey
disk jockey
doohickey
field hockey
gin rickey
grass hockey
hockey
ice hockey
jockey
jump jockey
lackey
mouse jockey
outjockey
pond hockey
rickey
tackey
take the mickey
video jockey

Synonyms and antonyms of tickey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tickey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TICKEY

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

Translator English - Chinese

tickey
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tickey
570 millions of speakers

English

tickey
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tickey
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

tickey
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

tickey
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tickey
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tickey
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tickey
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tickey
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tickey
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

tickey
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tickey
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tickey
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tickey
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tickey
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tickey
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tickey
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tickey
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tickey
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

tickey
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tiekie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tickey
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tickey
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tickey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TICKEY»

The term «tickey» is regularly used and occupies the 105.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TICKEY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tickey» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tickey» 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 tickey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TICKEY»

Discover the use of tickey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tickey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Focus on South Africa
1977 Sunday Times 20 Oct. 5 The power-assisted brakes, disks on all four wheels, stop the car - and it's big - on a tickey. [1980 D.B. COPLAN Urbanization of African Performing Arts. 440 Glossary, Tickey Draai, (Afrikaans, 'turn on a tickey' - a ...
Vivian De Klerk, 1996
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Down to Earth: Garden Plants & Flowers
Size: 10 m and higher Growth habit: Very neat and compact in growth habit, the tickey creeper is ideal for covering unsightly walls. Initially slow, it will cling to any support with suckers. It is fast growing once established. It has tiny round, rich ...
Keith Kirsten, 2003
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The Rotarian
Through this bulge-necked glass receptacle (see cut), the Rotary Club of Roodepoort-Maraisburg is demonstrating its belief in the Rotary Foundation Fellowship awards, for every "tickey" slipped into the bottle is contributed to the Foundation.
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Game Ranger: Extracts from a Game Ranger's Notebook
and Punzi lived with us until they were adults, and the kids really enjoyed their weekends at home from school because they were able to spend time pampering the two animals Tickey was a naughty little animal, and he got into all sorts of ...
Rodney Henwood, 2013
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Harvest of Thorns
'You sit here, you buy more,' the shopowner said, ignoring the tickey, gesturing fiercely. She turned her head, looked round the cafe, pushed the tickey forward and said, 'Two Fanta and two Strong buns.' 'One'n'six!' the Greek shouted. 'Hwe?
Shimmer Chinodya, 1990
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
tickey. on a tickey in a very small area. South African In the period before South African coinage was decimalized, a tickey was a very small silver coin worth three pennies. tickled be tickled pink (orto death) be extremely amused or ticket tickey.
Judith Siefring, 2004
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Apalachee
''Well, today you will see it, then. That settles how the morning will go. My people are starting up a kiln in the woods. I'll send Tickey with you to guide the way. Charity can ride along on the horse with you to entertain you, and I'll go back to bed.
Joyce Rockwood Hudson, 2012
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Barrel of a Gun
Our tracker on this leg of our Rhodesian adventure was Tickey, a senior member of the Matabele tribe who'd been with the Cumming family for more than 30 years . Small and wiry, with a pinched face, Tickey could read the bush like you or I ...
Al J. Venter, 2011
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National Character in South African English Children's ...
Many children's authors brought the tickey into their stories in one way or another as a piece of shorthand for some local color. In the story by Sheila Dederik, Tickey is invited by a schoolfriend to come and live with her family, the van Heerdens ...
Elwyn Jenkins, 2006
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The Rotarian
Tickey Bottle Still Tinkles Reports Leslie Auld, Banker President, Rotary Club Roodepoort-Maraisburg, Union of South Africa In The Rotarian for June, 1954, appeared a report on our tickey-bottle method of building funds for the Rotary ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TICKEY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tickey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Princeton Police Department blotter
380 / Tickey Dr.; aud. alarm, 1816 Arbordale Way; follow up info., N. 4th St. / Harrelson Dr.; minor acdt., E. Princeton Dr. / Monte Carlo Blvd.; follow up info., 1103 ... «Princeton Herald, Jul 15»
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Tickey пренася билетите за градски транспорт в мобилните …
Те основават стартиращата компания Tickey, която предлага практическа алтернатива на билетите, пренасяйки ги в мобилните устройства на ... «Капитал, Jul 15»
3
Българската компания Tickey ще предлага мобилни билети за …
Българската стартираща компания Tickey има интересна и практична алтернатива на билетите за градския транспорт. Компанията скоро ще предлага ... «Дневник, May 15»
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Chino rolls over West Covina for another softball league victory
Tickey had pitched back-to-back shutouts in the first two games of league play and gave up only one earned run in the game, but was a victim of the defense ... «San Bernardino County Sun, Apr 15»
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Madelaine Tickey is perfect in West Covina's 18-0 win in softball
West Covina 18, Walnut 0 >> Madelaine Tickey pitched a complete game, striking out five, and went 2 for 3 with a three-run homer, four RBIs and two runs ... «The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Apr 15»
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West Covina softball hits back-to-back home runs to defeat San …
Maddy Tickey hit a solo homer and Jade Nua hit the walk-off home run. Bishop amat 14, cantwell-sacred heart 0 >> Samaria Diaz pitched five innings, striking ... «The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Mar 15»
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West Covina tops Diamond Bar, 5-4, in softball
West Covina 5, Diamond Bar 4 >> Maddy Tickey went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Bella Montoya went 2 for 2 with a double, an RBI, scored twice and ... «The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Mar 15»
8
Chipotle Mexican Grill to open restaurant in Shelton
“You should have brought samples,” joked P&Z member Jimmy Tickey, one of the six commissioners supporting the application by Connecticut Commercial ... «Shelton Herald, Jan 15»
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Growing flowers not a patch on my veggies
A tickey creeper has started to grow up the wall. We built a water feature, and I'm waiting for my water lilies to flower. Copy of ca Veggie Garden 5 DONE ... «Independent Online, Dec 14»
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Beginning Friday, Celebrate Shelton to highlight local businesses
By Jimmy Tickey on November 26, 2014 in Columns · 0 Comments. Several years ago, Small Business Saturday was created to promote shopping at local small ... «Shelton Herald, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tickey [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tickey>. Apr 2024 ».
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