How to pronounce docket
American English pronunciation
DOK-it
- IPA
- /ˈdɑkɪt/
- Syllables
- DOK · it (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What docket means
A court's list of cases waiting to be heard
In a sentence: The judge's docket was so full that the talk about the neighbors' fence moved to next month.
Where it comes from: No one is sure where it came from. It is perhaps a small form of the word dock.
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