cricket
1any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket ) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket ).
a small metal toy with a flat metal spring that snaps back and forth with a clicking, cricketlike noise when pressed.
Origin of cricket
1Other words from cricket
- crick·et·like, adjective
Other definitions for cricket (2 of 4)
a game, popular especially in England, for two teams of 11 members each that is played on a field having two wickets 22 yards (20 meters) apart, the object being to score runs by batting the ball far enough so that one is enabled to exchange wickets with the batsman defending the opposite wicket before the ball is recovered.
fair play; honorable conduct: It wouldn't be cricket to look at his cards.
to play cricket.
Origin of cricket
2Other words from cricket
- crick·et·er, noun
Other definitions for cricket (3 of 4)
a small, low stool.
Origin of cricket
3Other definitions for cricket (4 of 4)
(on a sloping roof) a small roof for diverting rainwater around an obstruction, as a chimney.
Origin of cricket
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How to use cricket in a sentence
He wondered whether there was as much as five pounds of the cricketing money left!
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarHe rode boldly, with only one hand on the handle-bars, the other in the pocket of his white flannel cricketing trousers.
Once a Week | Alan Alexander MilneIn cricketing parlance, he is in that case stronger on his leg than on his off-stump.
From this arises an expression current in cricketing circles, that a game is never lost till it is won.
The better-class buyers wear a cloth cricketing cap, coquettishly attached to a knob of hair by a hat-pin.
The Vultures | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for cricket (1 of 3)
/ (ˈkrɪkɪt) /
any insect of the orthopterous family Gryllidae, having long antennae and, in the males, the ability to produce a chirping sound (stridulation) by rubbing together the leathery forewings
any of various related insects, such as the mole cricket
Origin of cricket
1British Dictionary definitions for cricket (2 of 3)
/ (ˈkrɪkɪt) /
a game played by two teams of eleven players on a field with a wicket at either end of a 22-yard pitch, the object being for one side to score runs by hitting a hard leather-covered ball with a bat while the other side tries to dismiss them by bowling, catching, running them out, etc
(as modifier): a cricket bat
not cricket informal not fair play
to play cricket
Origin of cricket
2Derived forms of cricket
- cricketer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for cricket (3 of 3)
/ (ˈkrɪkɪt) /
a small low stool
Origin of cricket
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cricket
see not cricket.
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