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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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..
Fen Cricket :: Fen cricket () The mole cricket.
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 game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..
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..
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Cherup :: Cherup (n.) A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket..
Bowler :: Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game..
Batsman :: Batsman (n.) The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball..
Chirp :: Chirp (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets..
Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..
Stridulation :: Stridulation (n.) The act of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts, as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts..
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..
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..
Grig :: Grig (n.) A cricket or grasshopper.
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A low stool.
Gryllus :: Gryllus (n.) A genus of insects including the common crickets.
Garganey :: Garganey (n.) A small European duck (Anas querquedula); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal..
Cricketer :: Cricketer (n.) One who plays at cricket.
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