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wicket (wik′it)

noun

  1. a small door or gate, esp. one set in or near a larger door or gate
  2. a small window or opening, as for a bank teller or in a box office
  3. a small gate for regulating the flow of water to a water wheel or for emptying a canal lock

  4. Etymology: from orig. resemblance to a gate

    Cricket
    1. either of two sets of three vertical sticks (stumps) each, with two small pieces (bails) resting on top of them
    2. the playing space between the two wickets
    3. an unplayed or unfinished inning
    4. a player's turn at bat
  5. ☆ Croquet any of the small wire arches through which the balls must be hit

Etymology: ME wiket < NormFr (for OFr guichet), dim. < MDu wijk, a curve < IE *weig- > weak

wicket Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lose: In their second innings, Durham lost all ten wickets within the space of just 58 minutes.
  • grab: Nick Read 7/10 Overcame a nervous start ( 24 off his first four overs ) to bowl with control, grabbing two wickets.
  • take: He has taken four wickets for 215 runs in Test cricket.
  • capture: Scoresheet Pete Chester's 3rd XI were unable to capture the final wicket in their game at Chester Boughton Hall.

Preposition: in

innings: Matt obviously forgot what happened to his wicket in the first innings.

Adjective modifier

  • 500th: McGrath notches his 500th Test wicket with the very first ball of the session.
  • sticky: A lead of 38 runs on a sticky wicket with more rain on the cards looked like a winning lead for England.
  • ninth: Clifford's fifty kept alive hopes of victory but eventually the run chase was halted at the fall of the ninth wicket.
  • first-class: Yasir Arafat needs 12 more wickets for 400 First-Class Wickets.
  • eighth: Their eighth wicket put on 50 with some big hitting which gave them a good score.
  • mid: Then a four for Fleming with a crisp clack through mid wicket.

Modifies a noun

  • taker: Lloyd Murphy also shared the position of top wicket taker with Rob Wildman, they took 7 each.
  • keeper: Even the 7th choice wicket keeper Dave Lewis got into the act, picking up the prized scalp of John Gray.
  • maiden: A wicket maiden to Gough, who has gone for just one run in his first three overs.
  • haul: Superb work from Academy keeper Hugh Belgrave gave the visitors a 5 wicket haul with a fine reaction stumping from Robinson's bowling.
  • victory: India, at the receiving end thus far, scored a historic four- wicket victory in the decider to take the series.
  • gate: Access to the castle is through a field with a wicket gate.

Noun used with modifier

  • second-innings: England have a lead of 367 with seven second-innings wickets in hand.
  • batting: The game was played on the superb batting wicket at Cheltenham, of which we did not take full advantage.
  • cricket: Outdoor facilities include football pitches, cricket wickets, bowling greens and tennis courts.