Packets

noun verb

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

Definition

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

Word stats

  • Packets contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
  • It uses 7 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

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What does Packets mean?

A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

How many letters are in Packets?

Packets has 7 letters.

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