cricket

IPA: krˈɪkʌt

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.

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