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packet

The correct spelling is packet.

How to pronounce packet

/ˈpak.ɪt/
noun

IPA: /ˈpak.ɪt/

Say it like: Pak-et

The correct spelling is packet. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel For example: "Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!"

Usage Examples

Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!

2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?

It'll cost a packet to fix this.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
  2. 2.Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
  3. 3.A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
  4. 4.A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
  5. 5.A plastic bag.

verb

  1. 1.To make up into a packet or bundle.
  2. 2.To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
  3. 3.To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
  4. 4.To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

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