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to cricket

to cricket

1.8
To play a team game with bat and ball where players score runs
  • verb
  • /ˈkrɪkɪt/
  • UK
translation icon : jugar al críquet

Examples

  • And I was joking with him about this last night, if I went to play cricket, right?

  • Now, you you prefer playing cricket to rugby.

  • But I thought I'd retire, I thought I'd play cricket, I play golf and I go fishing.

  • I've never, ever played cricket before because I'm not a knob.

  • It's a cricketing term.

  • We've taken him out to play non-stop cricket and the goblin in Mead was talking again and Charlie's here.

  • We decided to spend the weekend at the park, so we can cricket with our friends.

  • After school, the students gathered to cricket on the field and enjoy the sunny weather.

  • Let's cricket this Saturday; I heard there's going to be a friendly match nearby.

Synonyms

to play cricket
vsto cricket
  • UK
4 2.5

To take part in the sport of cricket

is the single-word label for the same activity rather than the verb phrase

Idioms

1 9.9

Unfair behaviour that breaks accepted rules or standards

Jiminy Cricket
  • Archaic
9.9

A mild word people say when they are surprised or annoyed

Phrasal Verbs

4 2.5

To take part in the sport of cricket

Compounds

A game of cricket played between two teams

1 2.2

A flat piece of wood that players use to hit the ball in the game of cricket

A match where two teams take turns to hit a ball and score runs

1 2.5

A hard round ball players use in cricket, made of cork and leather

1 8.2

A small pale insect that lives in trees and makes loud high sounds

The things players use in cricket, like bats, balls and protective clothing

8.5

A small North American frog that makes a quick clicking call near water

A tree with grey leaves whose wood is used to make cricket bats

eastern cricket frog
  • Specialized
7.7

A small frog that lives near ponds and streams in the eastern United States and makes a short clicking call

A small cricket often found in houses and used as food for pets

4.5

A small dark brown insect that lives in fields and makes a chirping sound

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 insect with bright red legs that chirps in gardens

9.9

A large wingless grasshopper that digs holes in loose sand at night

A small pale yellow insect that lives on trees and makes a soft high sound

Surface Forms

cricket infinitive
cricketed past
cricketed past participle
cricketing present participle
crickets third person singular

Etymology

The verb cricket (as in cricketing) comes from the name of the game; to cricket means to play the sport that was named after the stick used to hit the ball.