cricket
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- noun
- /ˈkrɪkɪt/
- UK
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críquet
- Many children in Australia grow up playing cricket in their backyards during the summer.
- play cricket
- a cricket club
- a cricket match
And he's applauded as this hero and the savior of English Test cricket and fabulous.
- And he's applauded as this hero and the savior of English Test cricket and fabulous.
- He was watching the cricket, holding the phone, watching the cricket half in the other lane.
- We're doing all these sports, but we're not doing cricket.
- And they offer everything they have NBANFLMLBNHL soccer, women's college basketball, cricket, disc golf.
- I was the boy who was always staring out the window in the class when he should be doing his work sort of thing, dreaming about cricket, business day dreaming.
Examples
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Falmouth was also where I learned to dance and to play cricket, soccer, and softball.
Academic text (2000) -
Yesterday, I watched an exciting cricket match between England and India at the stadium.
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Do I need a cricket bat?
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In the distance, we see a group of girls carrying cricket equipment coming at us.
Fiction book (1992) -
- I'm at a cricket match.
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Soccer, basketball, boxing, and cricket are popular sports in the Caribbean region.
Academic text (2002) -
For example, I went to the final match for the Asian Cricket Cup with Pakistan playing against Sri Lanka.
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Here in Rushcliffe people recall with pride his visit to the cricket at Trent Bridge and the football at City Ground.
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And he's applauded as this hero and the savior of English Test cricket and fabulous.
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Without these English-speaking, cricket-playing sojourners, Dominican baseball never would have become the best in the Caribbean.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
Playing cricket, often in matches with other people
Idioms
Compounds
The things players use in cricket, like bats, balls and protective clothing
- Specialized
A small frog that lives near ponds and streams in the eastern United States and makes a short clicking call
A large insect with strong front legs that digs tunnels in soft soil and eats plant roots
A large dark insect like a cricket that cannot fly and forms moving swarms in the western United States
A large, wingless insect active at night that lives in loose soil and burrows
A small frog that jumps, lives near ponds, and makes a high, sharp call in eastern and central United States
A small pale yellow insect that lives on trees and makes a soft high sound
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cricket for the game probably comes from an old word for a 'stick', so think of the wooden bat players use to hit the ball. That's why the game's name connects to the main tool of play.