cricket

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Synonyms: pricket, crocket, clicket, cricked, chicket, ricket, cracket

Antonyms: pricket, crocket, clicket, cricked, chicket, ricket, cracket

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Noun

1. 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. In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
2. In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
3. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
4. An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.

Noun

1. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
2. An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
3. A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

Verb

1. To play the game of cricket.

Noun

1. A wooden footstool.
2. 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.

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