| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | Croquet. a hoop or arch. |
| 3. | a turnstile in an entrance. |
| 4. | a small door or gate, esp. one beside, or forming part of, a larger one. |
| 5. | a small gate by which a canal lock is emptied. |
| 6. | a gate by which a flow of water is regulated, as to a waterwheel. |
| 7. | Cricket.
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| 8. | to be on, have, or bat a sticky wicket, British Slang. to be at or have a disadvantage. |
