cricket
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 4 meanings
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.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
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.
CRICKET at a glance
CRICKET has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + R 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5 + E 1 + T 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,612 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cricket
All rhymesOne letter away
- CROCKET15
- CRICKEY18
- CRICKED16
- CLICKET15
- CRACKET15
- PRICKET15
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