Illustration of cricket
- cricket 1
plural crickets
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
crickets
: a conspicuous lack of response : silence
At one point I asked him a question and took a long sip of my drink to allow him a moment to pose the question back to me. It was crickets … Silence.—
The Star
The StarAnd yet, nothing. Crickets. Silence.—Kurt Bardella
Kurt BardellaYou post day in and day out hoping to see the social side of social media start to happen. Sometimes, a like or two will pop up, but most of the time, you hear crickets. It's disheartening.—Jordan Kasteler
Jordan Kasteler3
: a low wooden footstool
4
: a small metal toy or signaling device that makes a sharp click or snap when pressed
1
: a game played with a ball and bat by two sides of usually 11 players each on a large field centering upon two wickets each defended by a batsman
2
: fair and honorable behavior
it wasn't cricket for her to break her contract—Gerry Nadel
Gerry Nadel
cricketed; cricketing; crickets
: to play the game of cricket
cricketer
noun
Examples of cricket in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebMaya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
Not just of three of them playing, but also of the spaces between: the sounds of the barn, its birds and its crickets, the length of the guitar cable, a sense of distance, but never too much.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Square French tips were decorated with insects– everything from ladybugs and crickets to ants galore.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
Root was a man on a mission after a lean series and cut out risk shots in a throwback to what Test cricket used to be like before the rocket boost was attached to England’s top and middle order.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Prime Video has exclusive rights to broadcast all international cricket matches to be played against New Zealand Cricket teams.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
One day, Spencer was alone inside a locker room changing his clothes to play cricket when a male teacher walked in.
—Cynthia McFadden, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
The aforementioned proximity ignites an innate rivalry, something spawned culturally and not contrived like most things in modern cricket.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
With $239 billion in market capitalization and rights to the wildly popular Indian Premier League cricket matches, Reliance is a juggernaut in the media landscape in India.
—Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
In addition, someone may naturally feel an urge to cricket feet as a self-soothing behavior or as a relief for Restless Legs Syndrome, however, taking up a new practice of cricketing is unlikely to help.
—Alyssa Hui, Health, 1 Dec. 2023
From golf to cricket to basketball, Saudi Arabia is keen to make a play all over, so as to clothe itself in the decorous, apolitical garb of international sports.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 June 2023
He’d been blessed with athletic ability and preternatural skill that his brothers thought might lead him to cricket, like his estranged father, who had played semi-professionally.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
With the requisite funding, Olivier believed his program in Zagreb could eventually expose around 10,000 Ukrainians to cricket.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
Subscribers to the Disney+ streaming business declined 1 percent in the quarter to $161.8 million, the first such decline, amid cancellations of the Hotstar service in India after Disney lost streaming rights to cricket there.
—Thomas Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
Subscribers to the Disney+ streaming business declined 1% in the quarter to 161.8 million, the first such decline, amid cancellations of the Hotstar service in India after Disney lost streaming rights to cricket there.
—Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
Additionally, the sportsbook page offers a market for any bettor from the NFL to cricket.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
Noun
As birds slowed their songs, crickets filled the false twilight with their chirping.
—Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
Not just of three of them playing, but also of the spaces between: the sounds of the barn, its birds and its crickets, the length of the guitar cable, a sense of distance, but never too much.
—Ryan Bradley MacLeod Andrews Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Square French tips were decorated with insects– everything from ladybugs and crickets to ants galore.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
Root was a man on a mission after a lean series and cut out risk shots in a throwback to what Test cricket used to be like before the rocket boost was attached to England’s top and middle order.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Prime Video has exclusive rights to broadcast all international cricket matches to be played against New Zealand Cricket teams.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
One day, Spencer was alone inside a locker room changing his clothes to play cricket when a male teacher walked in.
—Cynthia McFadden, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
The aforementioned proximity ignites an innate rivalry, something spawned culturally and not contrived like most things in modern cricket.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
With $239 billion in market capitalization and rights to the wildly popular Indian Premier League cricket matches, Reliance is a juggernaut in the media landscape in India.
—Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Verb
Khan, who captained Pakistan to cricket World Cup glory in 1992 and entered politics four years later, rose to power on a ticket of anti-corruption.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
In addition, someone may naturally feel an urge to cricket feet as a self-soothing behavior or as a relief for Restless Legs Syndrome, however, taking up a new practice of cricketing is unlikely to help.
—Alyssa Hui, Health, 1 Dec. 2023
From golf to cricket to basketball, Saudi Arabia is keen to make a play all over, so as to clothe itself in the decorous, apolitical garb of international sports.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 June 2023
He’d been blessed with athletic ability and preternatural skill that his brothers thought might lead him to cricket, like his estranged father, who had played semi-professionally.
—Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2021
With the requisite funding, Olivier believed his program in Zagreb could eventually expose around 10,000 Ukrainians to cricket.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
Subscribers to the Disney+ streaming business declined 1 percent in the quarter to $161.8 million, the first such decline, amid cancellations of the Hotstar service in India after Disney lost streaming rights to cricket there.
—Thomas Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
Subscribers to the Disney+ streaming business declined 1% in the quarter to 161.8 million, the first such decline, amid cancellations of the Hotstar service in India after Disney lost streaming rights to cricket there.
—Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
Additionally, the sportsbook page offers a market for any bettor from the NFL to cricket.
—Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
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cricket
1 of 2 noun
crick·et
ˈkrik-ət 
: any of a family of leaping insects related to the grasshoppers and having leathery forewings used by the males to produce a chirping sound
cricket
2 of 2 noun1
: a game played on a large field with bats, ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each
2
: fair play
cricketer
noun
Etymology
Noun
Middle English criket "cricket (insect)," from early French criquet (same meaning); probably an imitation of the insect's sound
Noun
from early French criquet "goal stake in an old bowling game"
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