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cricket
1[ krik-it ]
noun
- any 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.
cricket
2[ krik-it ]
noun
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- to play cricket.
cricket
3[ krik-it ]
noun
- a small, low stool.
cricket
4[ krik-it ]
noun
- (on a sloping roof) a small roof for diverting rainwater around an obstruction, as a chimney.
cricket
1/ ˈkrɪkɪt /
noun
- a small low stool
cricket
2/ ˈkrɪkɪt /
noun
- 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 cricket not fair play
verb
- to play cricket
cricket
3/ ˈkrɪkɪt /
noun
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈcricketer, noun
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Other Words From
- cricket·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
Cricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.
His life, as he himself admits, is all cricket from an early age.
He experienced a rapid rise, only beginning to play cricket competitively at age 11.
Three kids play cricket among the crude gravestones in a cemetery that is the largest in the province.
But the language about public schools and cricket bewildered audiences and Frank Rich gave it a stinking review.
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
He was a manly young fellow, a sportsman and renowned at cricket, and she was amiable and pretty, a little blonde beauty.
So still was the place that the caged cricket hanging from the eaves of Um's distant room beat time like an elfin metronome.
In one such startled interval of waking her caged cricket had given out its plaintive cry.
Somewhere near her feet the cricket gave out an importunate chirp.
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