cricket
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈkrɪkɪt/
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- I wouldn't mind if in the future we'd farm crickets instead of cows.
- crickets calling
- crickets sing
- male cricket
There's a wood cricket, an actual cricket that abhors water.
- There's a wood cricket, an actual cricket that abhors water.
- And I started noticing like one or two little crickets, like around the boat.
- The mating hall at night when you hear the crickets chirp, it's a mating hall.
- I mean like a cricket sound effect that I can play.
- Now it's long grasses swaying in the hot sun, the desperate saw of crickets all around.
- And then in this thing is some crickets for mustard.
- And he was always, he always had him had a little cricket on him or a little salamander.
Examples
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Full night had fallen now, and the sound of crickets and frogs rose like a soft chorus behind them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then it was still, and even the crickets were shocked into silence by the blast.
Fiction book (1990) -
And so about one to five crickets would escape a month, I would say.
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People are gone, birds and insects silent; only the crickets sing in the grass.
Academic text (2003) -
We made our way through the dark campground, the crickets throbbing the only sound.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now it's long grasses swaying in the hot sun, the desperate saw of crickets all around.
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Tree frogs had piped at the river's edge, crickets sang in the forest.
Fiction book (1992) -
The ringing of the crickets is like faint, incessant sleighbells in the warm air.
Fiction book (1993) -
As night fell, the sound of crickets filled the air, creating a soothing melody.
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In the quiet garden, a single cricket chirped loudly, signaling the start of the evening.
Synonyms
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8.2
A small pale insect that lives in trees and makes loud high sounds
A small dark brown insect that lives in fields and makes a chirping sound
A small cricket often found in houses and used as food for pets
A small pale yellow insect that lives on trees and makes a soft high sound
A small insect with bright red legs that chirps in gardens
A large insect with strong front legs that digs tunnels in soft soil and eats plant roots
A large, wingless insect active at night that lives in loose soil and burrows
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
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cricket for the insect comes from an old sound word that copies its 'chirp', so imagine the night noise a small bug makes. That's why a cricket is the little insect known for making a loud, repeating chirp.