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Cricket - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Cricket : (noun)
1: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the
forewings together
2: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11
players; teams take turns trying to score runs
(verb)
1: play cricket
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cricket : \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch.
Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first
used as a wicket. See Crutch.]
1. A low stool.
2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America,
with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged
in two contesting parties or sides.
3. (Arch.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of
a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle,
such as a chimney.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cricket : \Crick"et\, v. i.
To play at cricket. --Tennyson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cricket : \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zo["o]l.)
An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied
genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing
together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus;
the common large black crickets of America are G.
niger, G. neglectus, and others.
Balm cricket. See under Balm.
Cricket_bird,_a_small_European_bird_({Silvia_locustella">Cricket bird, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella);
-- called also grasshopper warbler.
Cricket_frog,_a_small_American_tree_frog_({Acris_gryllus">Cricket frog, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus);
-- so called from its chirping.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Cricket, NC (CDP, FIPS 15440)
Location: 36.16626 N, 81.19141 W
Population (1990): 2015 (903 housing units)
Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Cricket |
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TriniTweets: #trinidad A Year That Shattered the Illusion of Cricket's Safety - New York Times http://bit.ly/78NzLr |
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storta1: @spiffybee if we didn't have stuff on, we'd come down fir a ride to visit! Damn Cricket! |
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htownsrealest: RT @TRAEABN:If u claim u a trapper or gettin money & got a Cricket phone that won't let u call out once u leave yo side of town#killyourself |
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