packet
a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
Also called packet boat, packet ship . a small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, especially on rivers or along coasts.
Cards. a part of a pack of cards after being cut.
Informal. a large amount of money.
Computers. a relatively small unit of data sent over a network:Every email you send and web page you browse is transferred to and from your device in a series of packets.
British Slang.
a painful blow or beating.
misfortune or failure.
to bind up in a package or parcel.
Origin of packet
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How to use packet in a sentence
By better organizing and scheduling the brand’s content packets, an editorial calendar can help everyone on the team streamline their efforts.
Advanced guide to creating an editorial calendar that boosts conversions | Catherrine Garcia | January 14, 2021 | Search Engine WatchYou don’t need an extra pour-over funnel, and when you’re done, you just toss the packet into the trash.
She said she’d take things like ground beef, rice or potatoes but always pay for something small, like a packet of M&M’s.
Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic | Abha Bhattarai, Hannah Denham | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostI gave the other 12 pots and the other packet of seeds — along with some fertilizer and soil — to my editor, Sarah Zielinski.
How to grow your own science experiment | Bethany Brookshire | December 9, 2020 | Science News For StudentsImagine that you’re seeing a stream of packets, and what you want is to count the number of distinct IP addresses that are sending traffic on this link.
Reading The Bone Clocks is like working your way through a packet of Starbursts at one go.
David Mitchell’s ‘The Bone Clocks’ Is Fun But Mostly Empty Calories | William O’Connor | September 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“A buyer can have a wrapped packet in his hand within three to 30 minutes,” she says.
As Iran’s Marijuana Trade Thrives, Is It Becoming a Nation of Stoners? | IranWire | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA single packet of Quaker Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal, though, contains a full tablespoon of sugar.
There were rumors along Broadway in the following week that Rothstein had lost a packet.
His father was executed in 1942 by a German gendarme after attempting to smuggle a packet of saccharine into the Ghetto.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto | The Telegraph | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBesides a few crumbs, it contained a small lump of narwhal blubber and a little packet.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneThis important rite was just completed, when a packet was put into Ripperda's hand from Spain.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterSomething influenced by his reasoning, Ripperda employed the greatest part of the day in writing a large packet for his son.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe has a packet in his possession, that will inform Louis de Montemar of the fate of his father.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterA brown packet of caporal and a book of cigarette-papers—a cigarette rolled—how good it would be!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for packet
/ (ˈpækɪt) /
a small or medium-sized container of cardboard, paper, etc, often together with its contents: a packet of biscuits Usual US and Canadian word: package, pack
a small package; parcel
Also called: packet boat a boat that transports mail, passengers, goods, etc, on a fixed short route
slang a large sum of money: to cost a packet
computing a unit into which a larger piece of data is broken down for more efficient transmission: See also packet switching
(tr) to wrap up in a packet or as a packet
Origin of packet
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