Cricket
['krɪkɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs.
(noun.) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together.
(verb.) play cricket.
Checked by Barlow--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
(n.) A low stool.
(n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
(n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
(v. i.) To play at cricket.
Typed by Corinne
Definition
n. (Scot.) a low stool.
n. a saltatory orthopterous insect allied to grasshoppers and locusts.
n. an outdoor game played with bats a ball and wickets between two sides of eleven each.—v.i. to play at cricket.—ns. Crick′eter one who plays at cricket; Crick′et-match a match at cricket.
Inputed by Jules
Unserious Contents or Definition
To hear a cricket in one's dream, indicates melancholy news, and perhaps the death of some distant friend. To see them, indicates hard struggles with poverty.
Typist: Sean
Examples
- After a minute's silence, he looked down at Amy, who sat on the cricket at his feet, and said, with a caress of the shining hair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- How many a summer hour have I known to be but blissful minutes to him in the cricket-field! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'm happy as a cricket here, answered Jo. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, I like to hear about cricket and boating and hunting, said Frank, who had not yet learned to suit his amusements to his strength. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In his hand he held a blue cricket-cap with a white chevron on the peak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, Jo, I think your harvest will be a good one, began Mrs. March, frightening away a big black cricket that was staring Teddy out of countenance. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It's like a limited game of cricket. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Fred Beauclerc is a sly, shy, odd man, not very communicative, unless one talks about cricket. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Pop'lar feeling has in a measure subsided, consekens o' the boys having dispersed to cricket. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A while ago he was all down in the mouth, and now he's peart as a cricket. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This one blacked his shoes: that toasted his bread, others would fag out, and give him balls at cricket during whole summer afternoons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He could as soon play at leap-frog or at cricket as change into a cricket or a frog himself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why he plays at cricket in gloves! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Franklin burst out laughing--and we were as merry as crickets, until the next new side of his character turned up in due course. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Grasshoppers skipped briskly in the sere grass, and crickets chirped like fairy pipers at a feast. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Nelly