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sprocket

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈspɹɒkɪt/

Definition of sprocket

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
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noun

  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
  2. (plural-normally)The tooth of such a wheel.
  3. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
    “Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.”

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Etymology

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

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