cricket - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Noun cricket has 2 senses

cricket - leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
--₁ is a kind of orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran
--₁ is a member of Gryllidae, family Gryllidae
--₁ has particulars:
mole cricket; European house cricket, Acheta domestica; field cricket, Acheta assimilis; tree cricket
cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
--₂ is a kind of field game
--₂ has part: snick; innings
Derived form: verb cricket₁

Verb cricket has 1 sense

cricket - play cricket
--₁ is one way to play

Derived forms: noun cricket₂, noun cricketer₁
Sample sentence:
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