cricket
IPA: krˈɪkʌt
noun
- 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 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.
- (aviation, slang) An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
- (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
- (chiefly Britain, usually in negative constructions) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
- A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
- (dialectal) A wooden footstool.
verb
- (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
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Examples of "cricket" in Sentences
- The crickets sang in the grasses.
- Cricket is the major sport of the town.
- Cricket is the prevalent sport in the city.
- Although he was unskillful, he played cricket.
- The comparison with the cricket team is flawed.
- Afghanistan's rapid rise in cricket is simply stunning
- At Harrow, he played cricket, although he was unskillful.
- Gully cricket is played in the narrow by lanes of the city.
- The laws of cricket do not stipulate the size of a cricket ground.
- A long hop is a type of inadvertent delivery in the sport of cricket.
- Afghanistan's rapid rise in cricket is simply stunning - USATODAY. com
- Obstructing the field is a rare method of dismissal in the sport of cricket.
- Aren't cricket lovers happy with the fact that the best ones made it???? grow up guys justinspratt wow - vicoria 6 runs for 3 wickets in semi-final for champions league T20 #cricket
- Up now. craigcoomans Nice to watch what is essentially the old Australian cricket team that was so successful, even if it's only 20/20 thinga87 that was an absolute crack up #cricket love Warnie and Pigeon
- Cricket rahulanand1 @delhidreams good. .just came back from a session of gully cricket with ofc friends. .howz the fever and all netcitizen kanpupr must have erupted Zaheer strikes on the first ball #cricket brettspence Damn India are batting well.
- That's why T20 is such an exciting format to watch. bhooshan "The only way India can be number 1 (in cricket) is by being ruthless" - Sunil Gavaskar (I agree) #cricket bhooshan 'Little Johnny' is bowling well and surprisingly everyone is back in form.
- : P allaboutcricket it actually feels pretty good to be back in jersey, except I only got one hour of sleep courtesy of the cricket living in my wall. allaboutcricket There are too many things to do, but I am just watching the one day cricket Australia vs England. allaboutcricket #cricket England bowl in whitewash decider:
- Will play Cricket, badminton now. repley Cricket: Nielsen: Lee still a major doubt stuckinseoul England cricket stars celebrate Lord's win by racking up �5k bar bill ... but Freddie Flintoff settles for a pint with the missus daneshzaki Bangladesh wins series; will the Windies board bring back the original team members at least now #cricket intellibitz Cellphone Directory | Cricket TXTM8 Offers High-End Features at ... intellibitz smokes a plethora of cricket intellibitz Cricket: Flintoff on fitness hopes - ClubCall. com:
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