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cricket

/ˈkɹɪkɪt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.39 in modern English

Syllables
crick-et
IPA
/ˈkɹɪkɪt/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

noun

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

American usage; Humorous; Slang

noun

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

noun

An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

Slang

noun

A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

Uncountable

noun

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

British usage; Uncountable

noun

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

Uncountable

verb

To play the game of cricket.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹɪkɪt/
  • British English: /ˈkɹɪkɪt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

crickets (plural) crecket (alternative, archaic) crickets (present, singular) cricketing (participle, present) cricketed (participle, past) cricketed (past) crecket (alternative) cracket (alternative)

Derived Forms

bushcricket cricketless cricketlike crickety cricketainment cricketana cricketeer cricketer cricketly

Phrases

ant cricket balm cricket balm-cricket bush-cricket bush cricket cave cricket chirpy as a cricket cricket bird

Antonyms

not cricket

Rhymes With

ticket wicket picket thicket spigot snicket pricket

Questions

How do you pronounce cricket?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɪkɪt/.
What does cricket mean?
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
Where does cricket come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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