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    bockety
    /ˈbɒkɪti/

    adjective

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

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  3. www.oed.com › dictionary › bockety_adjbockety, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    bockety is probably a borrowing from Irish, combined with an English element. Or perhaps a borrowing from Irish. Etymons: Irish bacach, ‑ety suffix.

  4. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › bocketybockety - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    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.

  6. stancarey.wordpress.com › 2024/03/15 › banjaxed-andBanjaxed and bockety words in Ireland | Sentence first

    Mar 15, 2024 · If something is bockety, it’s physically unsteady, impaired, or imperfect. It’s more likely to be usable than if it’s banjaxed: a bockety chair or bicycle might wobble but function, whereas a banjaxed one is not to be trusted, if it can be used at all. Body parts are often bockety too. I’ll return to this word later.

  7. www.irishecho.com › 2021 › 4Know The Irish Through Our Words - Irish Echo Newspaper

    Apr 1, 2021 · 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.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › bockey_nbockey, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    bode, n.² Old English–. Browse more nearby entries. bockey, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

  9. www.oxfordreference.com › abstract › 10Bockety - Oxford Reference

    Bockety. An adjective current in Hiberno-English, meaning ‘broken’, ‘unstable’, as in: ‘That chair has a bockety leg.’. The word is ... Access to the complete content on Oxford Reference requires a subscription or purchase.