| NOUN | animal | cricket | leaping insect |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | cricket | a game / game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players | |
| VERB | competition | cricket | play cricket |
| Sounds | krih'kaht; krih'kiht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | ||
| Meaning | leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Gryllidae, family Gryllidae | crickets |
| Narrower | European house cricket, Acheta domestica | Lives in human dwellings |
| field cricket, Acheta assimilis | Common American black cricket | |
| mole cricket | digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots | |
| tree cricket | pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation | |
| Broader | orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran | Any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts |
| Spanish | críquet, grillo | |
| Catalan | grill | |
| Meaning | A game / game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category of | bowl | Hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end |
| bowling | (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman | |
| cricket equipment | sports equipment used in playing cricket | |
| duck, duck's egg | (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman | |
| hat trick | (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game / game / game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.) | |
| maiden over, maiden | (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored | |
| over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | |
| round-arm | With the arm swung round at shoulder height | |
| snick | hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat | |
| stump | (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket | |
| Parts | innings | The batting turn of a cricket player or team |
| snick | A glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat | |
| Broader | field game | An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
| Spanish | criquet, críquet | |
| Catalan | criquet, críquet | |
| Verbs | cricket | play cricket |
| Meaning | Play cricket. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Nouns | cricket | a game / game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players |
| cricketer | an athlete who plays cricket | |
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