Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

over the wicket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
over the wick-et
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket

Antonyms

around the wicket

Questions

What does over the wicket mean?
bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket

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