wicket
- noun
- /ˈwɪkɪt/
- UK
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ventanilla
- She passed her documents through the wicket to complete the transaction.
Examples
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The clerk at the wicket handed me my boarding pass after checking my ID.
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A man like me ought to be working the ticket wicket, not some kid ringed up like a-a sideshow act.
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Toshi is swept through the ticket wicket and out of the station on a wave of spring colors and flower-patterned umbrellas.
Fiction book (1996) -
At the train station, I approached the wicket to buy my ticket for the journey.
Synonyms
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6.4
A small narrow opening that lets light or air through
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5.4
A metal screen built into a door or window that lets people speak through and pass small items
A small opening in a larger gate or entrance for one person to pass through
A small gate in or beside a larger gate that lets you enter without opening it
Idioms
Compounds
A cricket dismissal when a batsman's leg blocks the ball from hitting the stumps and the umpire signals out
- Jargon
A player who stands behind the batter to catch missed balls and try to get them out
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wicket once meant a 'small gate' or opening, so the word also came to mean a small window or slot in a door where people pass money or talk.