packet

Meaning of packet

noun
  1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
    Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!
  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. A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
  4. A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
  5. A plastic bag.
    2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?
  6. A manbulge.
  7. A large amount of money.
    It'll cost a packet to fix this.
verb
  1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
  2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
  3. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
  4. To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

Information about packet

  • The plural form of packet is: packets.
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Hyphenation of packet

packet

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • packet is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

packet synonyms

Meaning package:

package, bundle, parcel

Meaning mailboat:

mailboat

Words that rhyme with packet

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