Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

1. 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.
2. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
3. (aviation, slang) An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
4. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
5. (chiefly British, chiefly in the negative) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
6. A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
7. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
8. (dialectal) A wooden footstool.

Example Sentences

Robbins went on, "Henry wouldn't do anything that wasn't cricket. Me, I was raised in a river ward and I'm not bothered by niceties. […]

Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living? Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.

Heawe’er I pood o Cricket, on keaw’rt meh deawn ith Nook, o side oth' Hob

Word Forms

• crickets
• crecket
• cricketing
• cricketed
• cracket

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Use cricket when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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