Definition of cricket

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Cricket (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..

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Gryllus :: Gryllus (n.) A genus of insects including the common crickets.
Inning :: Inning (n.) The state or turn of being in; specifically, in cricket, baseball, etc.,the turn or time of a player or of a side at the bat; -- often in the pl. Hence: The turn or time of a person, or a party, in power; as, the Whigs went out, and the Democrats had their innings..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc..
Batsman :: Batsman (n.) The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc..
Locustella :: Locustella (n.) The European cricket warbler.
Sky :: Sky (v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket..
Fen Cricket :: Fen cricket () The mole cricket.
Cricket :: Cricket (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..
Garganey :: Garganey (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal..
Cricketer :: Cricketer (n.) One who plays at cricket.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Chirp :: Chirp (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets..
Grig :: Grig (n.) A cricket or grasshopper.
Bowler :: Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game..
Outer :: Outer (a.) Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world..
Cricket :: Cricket (v. i.) To play at cricket.
"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..
Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A low stool.
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