To engage in the game of cricket; play cricket.

noun. Any saltatorial orthopterous insect of the family Gryllidæ (or Achetidæ), or of a group Achetina: sometimes extended to certain species of the related family Locustidæ.

noun. A small, low stool; a footstool.

noun. An open-air game played with bats, ball, and wickets, long peculiar to England, but now popular throughout the British empire, and somewhat less so in the United States and elsewhere.

noun. A low stool.

noun. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

noun. A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

intransitive verb. To play at cricket.

noun. An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

noun. See under Balm.

noun. a small European bird (Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler.

noun. a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping.

noun. 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.

noun. A wooden footstool.

noun. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions

noun. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.

noun. Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.

noun. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

noun. An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.

verb. To play the game of cricket.

verb. play cricket

noun. leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

noun. a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

not cricket  

Mormon cricket  agitating cricket  banded cricket  black cricket  double-wicket cricket  

field game  play  

Pickett  picket  thicket  ticket  trickett  

Rugby  ant  beetle  caterpillar  chess  

Klaxon  boiler factory  boiler room  bull-roarer  candor