cricket

cricket (krik′it)

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

Etymology: ME criket < OFr criquet < criquer, to creak, of echoic orig.

cricket (krik′it)

noun

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
Informal fair play; sportsmanship

Etymology: OFr criquet, a stake or bat in a ball game; prob. dim. of MDu cricke, a stick; akin to crutch

intransitive verb

to play cricket

crick′·eter noun

cricket (krik′it)

noun

a wooden footstool

Etymology: < ?

Converse of object

play: Whilst not playing cricket, there was plenty to do in Barbados.
watch: My husband wants a beige linen suit, the sort that Classics teachers used to wear to watch cricket.

Adjective modifier

one-day: England's recent record in one-day cricket does not sound too bad.
first-class: Cook made his first 1000 run season in first-class cricket this summer, scoring three centuries on the way.
twenty20: Huq hopes tha he can convince the Chinese Olympic officials to include Twenty20 cricket in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
four-day: All-in-all weâre feeling pretty good about most aspects of our game because weâve started playing better stuff in four-day cricket.
indoor: Its sports hall is regularly used for badminton, basketball, hockey, archery and indoor cricket.
English: He has in the past tried to destroy English cricket by writing a poorly thought out report on the future of English cricket.

Modifies a noun

bat: Unlike, say, a tennis racket or cricket bat, a snooker cue is thought irreplaceable by its owner.
pavilion: Yet, there is still no cricket pavilion at the Browns Road site.
pitch: The low arched entrance faced across the cricket pitch.
captain: Didn't [ former England cricket captain ] Mike Atherton go out on 99 a couple of times?
match: In previous years the outcome of the cricket match has depended on the toss of the coin.
club: Davies now confines himself to cricket, playing for Barnes Common cricket club, which recently toured in Barbados.

Noun used with modifier

mole: Pictures of the mole cricket are available from the English Nature National Press office.
county: A season in county cricket seems to have worked more wonders than all the coaching.
fantasy: CricInfo's Fantasy County Cricket Cricinfo's England v Sri Lanka fantasy test match cricket gives you the chance to win cricket gear.
test: He has taken four wickets for 215 runs in Test cricket.
league: Bures withdrew from league cricket in early 2003 because of lack of players, but retain some members who wish to play league cricket.
youth: Hampshire will also be running a Hampshire youth cricket festival at the Rose Bowl in Southampton in 2006.

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