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cricket

/ˈkɹɪkɪt/noun, verb2 syllables

Cricket means: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together.

What does cricket mean?3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with cricket?2

two syllables

ticketwicket
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Cricket in a sentence

  • There are also facilities for cricket, tennis, bowls, and golf.CM
  • At sunset, the crickets begin to chirp and the fireflies light up the night.human600
  • At sunset, the crickets begin to chirp, and the fireflies light up the night.sundown
  • Crickets began to chirp, and more geese and ducks flew overhead.CM
  • I should like to join the cricket club.unknown
  • Playing cricket requires a bat and a ball.PrasantaHembram
  • A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.kebukebu
  • Some people think that it's bad luck to kill a cricket.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cricket

as a noun

plural
crickets

as a verb

third-person singular
crickets
present participle
cricketing
past participle
cricketed
past tense
cricketed