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me.  I bought a packet of fags at the kiosk.

A flow of water in a channel or bed, as a brook, rivulet, or small river, A trend, course, or drift, as of opinion, thought, or history, A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water, intransitive verb_ Computers To transmit (audio or video content), especially over the Internet, in small, sequential packets that permit the content to be played continuously as it is being received and without saving it to a hard disk, To leave a continuous trail of light, To move or arrive in large numbers; pour

A frankfurter, The right to send mail free, verb_ To place a frank on an envelope, transitive verb_ To send by public conveyance free of expense, To extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc, adjective_ Open and sincere in expression; straightforward, Clearly manifest; evident

A protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable, A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound, a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal), verb_ sound like a car engine that is firing too early, To send an email or other message to someone in hopes of eliciting a response, networking A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence

Plural form of packet, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of packet

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together, (computer science) a message or message fragment, 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, transitive verb_ To make up into a packet or bundle, To send in a packet or dispatch vessel, intransitive verb_ To ply with a packet or dispatch boat

A container or wrapping in which something is stored, transported, or sold, A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were sons of aliens, A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel, verb_ put into a box, To pack or bundle something, To travel on a package holiday