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cricket

noun

Simple meaning

Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

krikuht

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈkɹɪkət

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

  2. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

  3. sports

    A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

  4. sports

    A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

  5. USslanghumorousin the plural

    In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

  6. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

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This meaning: Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

Used this way, cricket is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use cricket

  • “We heard a cricket chirping outside our window last night.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Game / play

cricket ballcricket clubcricket team

Other combinations

cricket matchcricket groundcricket fieldtest cricketcricket bat

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • cricketernounInflected form

    An athlete who plays cricket.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • cricket batnounCompound term

    The club used in playing cricket.

  • cricket-bat willownounCompound term

    Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches.

  • cricket equipmentnounCompound term

    Sports equipment used in playing cricket.

  • cricket frognounCompound term

    Either of two frogs with a clicking call.

  • cricket matchnounCompound term

    A match between two cricket teams.

  • cricket ballnounCompound term

    The ball used in playing cricket.

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