| cricket | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. cricket | leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together. |
| ~ orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect | any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts. |
| ~ family gryllidae, gryllidae | crickets. |
| ~ mole cricket | digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots. |
| ~ acheta domestica, european house cricket | lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America. |
| ~ acheta assimilis, field cricket | common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings. |
| ~ tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation. |
| n. (act) | 2. cricket | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. |
| ~ bowling | (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman. |
| ~ snick | a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat. |
| ~ hat trick | (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.). |
| ~ innings | the batting turn of a cricket player or team. |
| ~ field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions. |
| ~ cricket equipment | sports equipment used in playing cricket. |
| ~ stump | (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket. |
| ~ duck's egg, duck | (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman. |
| ~ over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch. |
| ~ maiden over, maiden | (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored. |
| ~ snick | hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat. |
| ~ bowl | hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end. |
| ~ round-arm | with the arm swung round at shoulder height.; "round-arm bowling" |
| v. (competition) | 3. cricket | play cricket. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
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