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crick·et
I. \ˈkrikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English criket, from Middle French criquet, of imitative origin
1. : any of certain saltatorial insects that constitute a family Gryllidae, that are noted for the chirping notes of the males produced by rubbing together specially modified parts of the fore wings, and that include the European house cricket (Acheta domestica) which is naturalized in parts of America and lives in human dwellings and the common large black American field cricket (A. assimilis) which also enters houses — see mole cricket, tree cricket
2. : any of various insects other than crickets; especially : grasshopper — usually used with a qualifying word; see mormon cricket, sand cricket
3. : something making a sound like the chirp of a cricket: as
a. : a roller in the bit of a horse
b. : a small metal toy or signaling device that makes a sharp click or snap when pressed
4. : a person regarded as like a cricket (as in smallness and briskness or in rusticity)
5. : a small false roof or a canted part of a roof to throw off water from behind an obstacle (as a chimney)
6. : a low wooden footstool
 [cricket 1]
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French criquet goal stake in old games of bowls, perhaps from criquer to crack, of imitative origin; from the sound of the balls striking the stakes
1. : a game played with a ball and bat by two sides of usually 11 players each on a large field centering upon two wickets pitched 22 yards apart and defended each by a batsman for one over against a bowler, a run being scored each time the two batsmen exchange their wicket positions on hit or passed balls without either being out — see inning
2. : fair and honorable behavior like that of a sportsman : proper and gentlemanly conduct
III. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to play cricket |