cricket
- Noun. An insect in the order Orthoptera 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. (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
- Noun. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
- Noun. (chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
- Verb. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
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