Cricket
31cricket — [[t]krɪ̱kɪt[/t]] ♦♦♦ crickets 1) N UNCOUNT Cricket is an outdoor game played between two teams. Players try to score points, called runs, by hitting a ball with a wooden bat. During the summer term we would play cricket at the village ground.… …
32cricket */*/ — UK [ˈkrɪkɪt] / US noun Word forms cricket : singular cricket plural crickets 1) [uncountable] a game played by two teams of 11 players who get points by hitting a ball with a bat and running between two sets of sticks called stumps. Someone who… …
33cricket — {{11}}cricket (1) the insect, early 14c., from O.Fr. criquet (12c.) a cricket, from criquer to creak, rattle, crackle, of echoic origin. {{12}}cricket (2) the game, 1590s, apparently from O.Fr. criquet goal post, stick, perhaps from M.Du./M.Flem …
34cricket — 1. noun /ˈkrɪk.ɪt/ a) An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. That players foul wasnt cricket! b) A wooden footstool. Ant …
35Cricket — This interesting surname, of English origin with variant spellings Cricket and Crickett, is of English locational origin, from Cricket Malherbie and St. Thomas, Somerset, deriving from the British (the extinct Celtic language of the ancient… …
36cricket — I. /ˈkrɪkət / (say krikuht) noun any of the orthopterous insects comprising the family Gryllidae, characterised by their long antennae, ability to leap, and the ability of the males to produce shrill sounds by friction of their leathery forewings …
37cricket — mod. acceptable. (See negative examples at not cricket.) □ Is it really cricket to play under two different names? □ Who cares if it’s cricket! …
38cricket — 1. n. & v. n. a game played on a grass pitch with two teams of 11 players taking turns to bowl at a wicket defended by a batting player of the other team. v.intr. (cricketed, cricketing) play cricket. Phrases and idioms: cricket bag a long bag… …
39cricket — I. noun Etymology: Middle English criket, from Anglo French, of limitative origin Date: 14th century 1. any of a family (Gryllidae) of leaping orthopteran insects noted for the chirping notes produced by the male by rubbing together specially… …
40cricket — English has two completely unrelated words cricket. The name of the small grasshopper like insect [14] comes from Old French criquet, a derivative of the verb criquer ‘click, creak’, which no doubt originated as an imitation of the sound itself.… …
