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cricket

23 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) cricket (noun)
  2. 2) cricket (noun)
  3. 3) cricket (verb)
  4. cricket ball (noun)
  5. cricket bat (noun)
  6. cricket-bat willow (noun)
  7. cricket bird (noun)
  8. cricket chair (noun)
  9. cricket frog (noun)
  10. balm cricket (noun)
  11. camel cricket (noun)
  12. cave cricket (noun)
  13. coulee cricket (noun)
  14. field cricket (noun)
  15. house cricket (noun)
  16. Jerusalem cricket (noun)
  17. mole cricket (noun)
  18. Mormon cricket (noun)
  19. sand cricket (noun)
  20. snowy tree cricket (noun)
  21. stone cricket (noun)
  22. tree cricket (noun)
  23. white cricket (noun)

1crick·et

noun \ˈkri-kət\

Definition of CRICKET

1
: any of a family (Gryllidae) of leaping orthopteran insects noted for the chirping notes produced by the male by rubbing together specially modified parts of the forewings
2
: a low wooden footstool
3
: a small metal toy or signaling device that makes a sharp click or snap when pressed

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Origin of CRICKET

Middle English criket, from Anglo-French, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Insect Terms

drone, entomology, gadfly, pismire, proboscis, vespine

Rhymes with CRICKET

picket, Pickett, pricket, stickit, thicket, ticket, wicket

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