cricket

  1. Noun.  An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
  2. Noun.  A wooden footstool.
  3. Noun.  A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
  4. 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.
  5. Noun.  (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
  6. Noun.  (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
  7. Noun.  (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
  8. Verb.  (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.

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