Cricket Definition

krĭkĭt

crickets

noun

Any of various families (esp. Gryllidae) of generally dark-colored, leaping, orthopteran insects usually having long antennae: the males produce a characteristic chirping noise by rubbing parts of the forewings together.

Webster's New World

A small metal toy or signaling device that makes a clicking sound when pressed.

Webster's New World

A game played with a red leather ball and a flat wooden bat by two teams of eleven players each on a large field: the teams bat and bowl alternately, the batting team attempting to score runs: the team scoring the most runs wins the game: popular in England and other parts of the Commonwealth.

Webster's New World

Fair play; sportsmanship.

Webster's New World

A small wooden footstool.

American Heritage

verb

To play cricket.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cricket

Noun

Singular:

cricket

Plural:

crickets

Origin of Cricket

Obsolete French criquet piece of wood from Old French stick for a bowling game perhaps from Middle Dutch cricke walking stick

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met 'with' de 'the' krik ketsen 'to ricochet', i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".

From Wiktionary
Middle English criket from Old French criquet from criquer to click of imitative origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old French criquet, from criquer (“to make a cracking sound”).

From Wiktionary
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition