wicket
a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
Croquet. a hoop or arch.
a turnstile in an entrance.
a small door or gate, especially one beside, or forming part of, a larger one.
a small gate by which a canal lock is emptied.
a gate by which a flow of water is regulated, as to a waterwheel.
Cricket.
either of the two frameworks, each consisting of three stumps with two bails in grooves across the tops, at which the bowler aims the ball.
the area between these frameworks; the playing field.
one batsman's turn at the wicket.
the period during which two players bat together.
a batsman's innings that is not completed or not begun.
Idioms about wicket
to be on / have / bat a sticky wicket, British Slang. to be at or have a disadvantage.
Origin of wicket
1Other words from wicket
- half-wicket, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for wicket
/ (ˈwɪkɪt) /
a small door or gate, esp one that is near to or part of a larger one
US a small window or opening in a door, esp one fitted with a grating or glass pane, used as a means of communication in a ticket office, bank, etc
a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel
US a croquet hoop
cricket either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands
the strip of ground between these
a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat: a third-wicket partnership
the act or instance of a batsman being got out: the bowler took six wickets
keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper
on a sticky wicket informal in an awkward situation
Origin of wicket
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