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cricket

1

[ krik-it ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. 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

  1. 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.
  2. fair play; honorable conduct:

    It wouldn't be cricket to look at his cards.

verb (used without object)

  1. to play cricket.

cricket

3

[ krik-it ]

noun

  1. a small, low stool.

cricket

4

[ krik-it ]

noun

  1. (on a sloping roof) a small roof for diverting rainwater around an obstruction, as a chimney.

cricket

1

/ ˈ°ì°ùɪ°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any of various related insects, such as the mole cricket
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cricket

2

/ ˈ°ì°ùɪ°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

    1. 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
    2. ( as modifier )

      a cricket bat

  1. not cricket informal.
    not fair play
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to play cricket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cricket

3

/ ˈ°ì°ùɪ°ìɪ³Ù /

noun

  1. a small low stool
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦°ù¾±³¦°ì±ð³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cricket1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English criket, creket, from Old French criquet, equivalent to criqu(er) “to creak†(imitative) + -et noun suffix; -et

Origin of cricket2

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French criquet “goalpostâ€; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Middle Dutch krick(e) “arm, crosspiece, stick, staff, gallowsâ€

Origin of cricket3

First recorded in 1635–45; of obscure origin; compare cracket, with same sense

Origin of cricket4

Of uncertain origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cricket1

C14: from Old French criquet, from criquer to creak, of imitative origin

Origin of cricket2

C16: from Old French criquet goalpost, wicket, of uncertain origin

Origin of cricket3

C17: of unknown origin
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Idioms and Phrases

see not cricket .
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