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wicket

(wɪkɪt)
Word forms: plural wickets
1. countable noun
In cricket, a wicket is a set of three upright sticks with two small sticks on top of them at which the ball is bowled. There are two wickets on a cricket pitch.
2. countable noun
In cricket, a wicket is the area of grass in between the two wickets on the pitch.
3. countable noun
In cricket, when a wicket falls or is taken, a batsman is out.

wicket in British English

(ˈwɪkɪt)
noun
1. 
a small door or gate, esp one that is near to or part of a larger one
2.  US
a small window or opening in a door, esp one fitted with a grating or glass pane, used as a means of communication in a ticket office, bank, etc
3. 
a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel
4.  US
a croquet hoop
5. 
a.  cricket
either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands
b. 
the strip of ground between these
c. 
a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat
a third-wicket partnership
d. 
the act or instance of a batsman being got out
the bowler took six wickets
6.  keep wicket
7.  on a sticky wicket
Word origin
C18: from Old Northern French wiket; related to Old Norse vikja to move

wicket in American English

(ˈwɪkɪt)
noun
1. 
a small door or gate, esp. one set in or near a larger door or gate
2. 
a small window or opening, as for a bank teller or in a box office
3. 
a small gate for regulating the flow of water to a water wheel or for emptying a canal lock
4.  Cricket
a. 
either of two sets of three vertical sticks (stumps) each, with two small pieces (bails) resting on top of them
b. 
the playing space between the two wickets
c. 
an unplayed or unfinished inning
d. 
a player's turn at bat
5.  US, Croquet
any of the small wire arches through which the balls must be hit
Word origin
ME wiket < NormFr (for OFr guichet), dim. < MDu wijk, a curve < IE *weig- > weak; (sense 4) from orig. resemblance to a gate

More idioms containing
wicket

be on a sticky wicket

Examples of 'wicket' in a sentence
wicket

The England seamer marched out to the wicket without a bat.
The Sun (2016)
West Indies would have been in the decider if they had lost one fewer wicket when weather intervened.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And one wicket did not bring two.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The key to it was that we wanted to bat while the wicket was still good.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He may have just felt on a sticky wicket.
The Sun (2011)
He plays the wicket and batsman well.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Took three wickets in the first innings but went for five and a half runs an over.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sports facilities include an indoor climbing wall and three cricket wickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Nor is it his fault that this is a very good wicket to bat on.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Five missed bat and wicket but the sixth struck flesh.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They were already one wicket down.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If a team were at home, they could choose innings and where to pitch the wickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He's mastering techniques which are proving a sticky wicket for others.
The Sun (2009)
Like a bowler wants five wickets, a batsman wants a hundred.
The Sun (2016)
After losing three quick wickets, they were glad it was so few.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Don't be left on a sticky wicket.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was initially picked for the England team as a batsman who kept wicket only reasonably well.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It is the fourth highest partnership for the third wicket in first-class cricket anywhere in the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pakistan won by three wickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was a good wicket, probably one of the best all year at Chelmsford.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was a great performance from the attack as taking 20 wickets on that pitch wasn't easy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet I only got two wickets.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It is now standard to score more than 100 in the last ten overs, providing a team have wickets in hand.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
wicket

British English: wicket NOUN
In cricket, a wicket is a set of three upright sticks with two small sticks on top of them at which the ball is bowled.
  • American English: wicket
  • Brazilian Portuguese: arco
  • Chinese: > 三柱门板球比赛中的
  • European Spanish: palos
  • French: guichet
  • German: Wicket
  • Italian: wicket
  • Japanese: ウィケット
  • Korean: > 삼주문크리켓
  • European Portuguese: arco
  • Latin American Spanish: palos

All related terms of 'wicket'

hit wicket
an instance of a batsman breaking the wicket with the bat or a part of the body while playing a stroke and so being out
keep wicket
to play as wicketkeeper in the game of cricket
mid-wicket
the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
sticky wicket
a cricket pitch that is rapidly being dried by the sun after rain and is particularly conducive to spin
wicket maiden
an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
leg before wicket
a manner of dismissal on the grounds that a batsman has been struck on the leg by a bowled ball that otherwise would have hit the wicket
on a sticky wicket
in an awkward situation
wicketkeeper
A wicketkeeper is the player in a cricket team who stands behind the wicket in order to stop balls that the batsman misses or to catch balls that the batsman hits .
be on a sticky wicket
to be in a difficult situation in which you find it hard to deal with your problems

Chinese translation of 'wicket'

wicket

(ˈwɪkɪt)

n (c)

  1. (= stumps) 三柱门(門) (sānzhùmén)
  2. (= area) 三柱门(門)之间(間)的场(場)地 (sānzhùmén zhījiān de chǎngdì)
    to take a wicket 使一个(個)击(擊)球员(員)出局 (shǐ yī gè jīqiúyuán chūjú)
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