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Webster 1913 Edition
Cricket
Crick′et
(kr?k′?t)
, Noun.
[OE.
criket
, OF. crequet
, criquet
; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak
; cf. D. kriek
a cricket. See Creak
.] (Zool.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus
Gryllus
, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. ☞ The common European cricket is
Gryllus domesticus
; the common large black crickets of America are Gryllus niger
, Gryllus neglectus
, and others. Balm cricket
. See under
– Balm
. Cricket bird
, a small European bird (
– Silvia locustella
); – called also grasshopper warbler
. Cricket frog
, a small American tree frog (
Acris gryllus
); – so called from its chirping.Crick′et
,Noun.
[AS.
cricc
, crycc
, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool probably having been first used as a wicket. See Crutch
.] 1.
A low stool.
2.
A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
3.
(Arch.)
A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
Crick′et
,Verb.
I.
To play at cricket.
Tennyson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cricket
CRICKET
,Noun.
The cricket chirping in the hearth.
CRICKET
,Noun.
1.
A play or exercise with bats and ball.2.
A low stool.Definition 2024
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See also: Cricket
English
Noun
cricket (plural crickets)
- An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
- (US, slang, humorous, in the plural) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
- A wooden footstool.
- A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
- A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
Derived terms
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Translations
insect
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Etymology 2
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met 'with' de 'the' krik ketsen 'to ricochet', i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".
Noun
cricket (uncountable)
- (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
- (chiefly Britain) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
- That player's foul wasn't cricket!
Usage notes
The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage.
- (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike): not cricket
Translations
game
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fair and sportsmanlike act
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See also
- Appendix:Glossary of cricket
Verb
cricket (third-person singular simple present crickets, present participle cricketing, simple past and past participle cricketed)
- (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
- 1891 May 27, "A Cricketer in Low Circumstances", The Evening News (Sydney); cited in "What do we know about the first Test cricketer?", ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2016
- Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living?
- Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.
- Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living?
- 1891 May 27, "A Cricketer in Low Circumstances", The Evening News (Sydney); cited in "What do we know about the first Test cricketer?", ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2016
Translations
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cric‧ket
Etymology
Borrowing from English cricket
Noun
cricket n (uncountable)
- cricket (sport)