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Word: cricket (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  • 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.
  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
  • A wooden footstool.
  • British An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
  • sports A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  • always {{plural}} Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.

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Verb:

  • rare intransitive To play the game of cricket.

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