ticket
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
Noun 4 meanings
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
“I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?”
A citation for a traffic violation.
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
“Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.”
Verb 2 meanings
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
To mark with a ticket.
“to ticket goods in a retail store”
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”).
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TICKET at a glance
TICKET has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5 + E 1 + T 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,413 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ticket
All rhymesOne letter away
- WICKET15
- PICKET14
- TICKED13
- TICKER12
- TUCKET12
- TACKET12
- TICKEY15
- TICKEN12
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