'Cricket' definitions:

Definition of 'cricket'

(from WordNet)
noun
Leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
noun
A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
verb
Play cricket

Definition of 'Cricket'

From: GCIDE
  • Cricket \Crick"et\, v. i. To play at cricket. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cricket'

From: GCIDE
  • Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are {Gryllus niger}, Gryllus neglectus, and others. [1913 Webster]
  • Balm cricket. See under Balm.
  • Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler.
  • Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cricket'

From: GCIDE
  • Cricket \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool probably having been first used as a wicket. See Crutch.]
  • 1. A low stool. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'cricket'

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Cricket, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cricket, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
2053
Housing Units (2000) :
951
Land area (2000) :
3.989066 sq. miles (10.331632 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.989066 sq. miles (10.331632 sq. km)
FIPS code :
15440
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
36.162968 N, 81.183077 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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