Crickets definition

Plural form of cricket.
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(US slang, humorous or derisive) Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.

Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets.

We asked for an explanation, but all we heard was the sound of crickets.

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Crickets Sentence Examples

  • The walk was peaceful, the starry night and thrum of crickets easing her tired mind.

  • Flies, ants, mosquitoes, scorpions, centipedes and crickets abound.

  • Tree frogs were chirping so abundantly that they sounded like crickets.

  • Insect life is represented by plant-bugs, locusts, crickets, grasshoppers, cockroaches, dragon-flies, butterflies, numerous varieties of moths, bees and mosquitoes.

  • The night air smelled of honeysuckle and pulsed with the sound of crickets.

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