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   bockety

   /ˈbɒkɪti/

   adjective

   • 1. unsteady; wobbly: Irish "the bockety wheelchair trundled off down the street"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Irish bacach ‘lame’.

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   Is bockety a word?

   • You can hear the unsteadiness in the word. Bockety comes from bacach, the Irish for lame. 2. Dote A dote is much more than a sweetheart. "Isn't Una the biggest dote?" is the ultimate compliment – especially if your name is Una. It's hard to find a word that encapsulates all that "dote" does.

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   Where does the adjective bockety come from?

   • bockety bockety M.D.'s Daughter is probably a borrowing from Irish, combined with an English element. Or perhaps a borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish bacach, ‑ety suffix.

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   What is the Irish word for bockety?

   • From Irish bacaidí, from bacach (“lame”) . Don't sit on that chair, it has bockety legs. The baby smiled happily as he was pushed along in the bockety pram.

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   • 1. Bockety does such a better job than wobbly or unsteady. "No wonder that table's bockety; sure, isn't one leg shorter?" You can hear the unsteadiness in the word. Bockety comes from bacach, the Irish for lame. 2. Dote A dote is much more than a sweetheart. "Isn't Una the biggest dote?" is the ultimate compliment – especially if your name is Una.

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   /ˈbɑkəti/ See pronunciation. Where does the adjective bockety come from? Earliest known use. 1840s. is probably a borrowing from Irish, combined with an English element. Or perhaps a borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish bacach, ‑ety suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries. boccia, n. 1827–. bocconcini, n. 1912–.

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   Oct 18, 2019 · bockety (not comparable) ( Ireland) unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over) Don't sit on that chair, it has bockety legs. The baby smiled happily as he was pushed along in the bockety pram.

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   What does bockety‎ mean? bockety ( English) Origin & history. From Irish bacaidí‎, from bacach ("lame"). Pronunciation. IPA: [ˈbɑkətiː] Adjective. bockety ( not comparable) ( Ireland) unsteady, wobbly, tottering, rickety (likely to fall over) Don't sit on that chair, it has bockety legs.

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   Need synonyms for bockety? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead. Adjective. Not firmly fixed and likely to wobble or fall. unstable. shaky. unsteady. wobbly. rickety. precarious. rocky. insecure. tottery. tottering. unsafe. unbalanced. weak. unsound. unreliable. teetering. unsecured. wobbling. movable.

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   Apr 1, 2021 · Bockety means wobbly, rickety or unsteady. Here it is in a sentence: “No wonder that table’s bockety. Sure, isn’t one leg shorter?” Bockety is derived from the Irish word “bacach,” which means lame. Banjaxed means broken beyond repair. It can also mean exhausted, shattered or hungover when referring to a person.

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   Mar 26, 2022 · Bockety, bean an tí and Old Segotia, words that only Irish people have a grasp on. Yet these popular phrases found their way to Oxford English Dictionary. What are their origins and how do we as...