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sprocket

  • /ˈspɹɒkɪt/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒkɪt

Where it comes from

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

noun sprockets · splocket

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

    Similar: sprocket wheel

  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.

    Similar: widget

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noun toothed wheel

Españolcorona
Portuguêspinhão
Françaispignon
DeutschKettenrad, Ritzel, Zahnkranz
Italianorocchetto, pignone, ruota dentata, puleggia dentata
Русскийцепно́е колесо́ cepnóje kolesó, звёздочка zvjózdočka
Tiếng Việtđĩa, bánh răng

noun tooth of such wheel

Françaisdent
Italianodente
Русскийзубе́ц zubéc
Tiếng Việtđĩa, bánh răng

noun extension of roof

Françaiscoyau
DeutschAufschiebling, Eselsohr
Italianopassafuori

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"sprocket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sprocket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{sprocket_2026,
  title = {sprocket},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sprocket},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}