cricket
noun
- team sport played with bats and balls
- playing cricket
verb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪkɪt/ / /ˈkɾɪkɪt/ / /ˈkɹək.kət/
noun
Etymology: The etymology is unknown. A few similar words exist in Germanic languages, such as Norwegian krakk (“stool”).
- A wooden footstool.
“Heawe’er I pood o Cricket, on keaw’rt meh deawn ith Nook, o side oth' Hob”
- 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.
verb
Etymology: Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”).
- To play the game of cricket.
“Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living? Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.”