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cricket

cric·ket

UK/ˈkɾɪkɪt/ US/ˈkɹɪkɪt/ fairly common slang uk us
noun (2) verb (1)

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

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • ant cricket
  • backyard cricket
  • balm cricket
  • bush cricket
  • cave cricket
  • chirpy as a cricket
  • cricket ball
  • cricket bat
  • cricket bird
  • cricket chair
  • cricket field
  • cricket flour

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