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.
Meaning & usage
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.
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. In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
Where this word comes from
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.
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.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”).
To play the game of cricket.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”).
A wooden footstool.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
Where this word comes from
The etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).
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