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cricketer
Variant of cricket
cricket
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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.
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