cricketnoun
uk/ˈkrɪk.ɪt/us/ˈkrɪk.ɪt/cricket noun (GAME)
A2 [ U ] a sport in which two teams of eleven players try to score runs (= points) by hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, and running between two sets of small wooden posts:
a cricket ball/bat
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- Binns played cricket for his county in his youth.
- Are you coming to cricket practice this evening?
- The England cricket team is currently on tour in Pakistan.
- He spent the entire afternoon watching a cricket match.
- The cricket has been stopped due to bad weather.
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- pavilion
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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cricket noun (INSECT)
C2 [ C ] a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbing its wings together
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Insect names
- anopheles
- ant
- aphid
- beastie
- bedbug
- creepy-crawly
- daddy longlegs
- deathwatch beetle
- dragonfly
- earwig
- housefly
- insect
- ladybird
- lice
- lightning bug
- red admiral
- silverfish
- stick insect
- termite
- tortoiseshell butterfly
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Idiom(s)
not cricket