sprocket

Meaning

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

Synonyms

cog

sprocket wheel

pinion

gear

⚙️

detent

drum

🥁

pearly

platen

ratchet

serration

spider

🕷️

sprocket-wheel

tooth

🦷

trundle

chain gear

rag-wheel

chain pulley

rag wheel

sprocket gear

carrier wheel

sprocked gear wheel

carriage

star pinion

chain wheel

chopper

cogwheel

Translations

coyau

pignon

Ritzel

Zahnkranz

tandwiel

αλυσοτροχός

Radzahn

pinyó

Zahn

🦷

Turas

Kettenrad

δόντι τροχού

Stachelrad

Sprossenrad

Antriebsrad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɹɒkɪt/

Etymology

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