Definition of crickets in English

Wiktionary

crickets (Noun)
Plural of cricket.
crickets (Noun)
Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling otherwise complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.

Part of speech

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crickets, verb, present, 3rd person singular of cricket (infinitive).
crickets, noun, plural of cricket.

WordNet

Noun Plural: crickets
cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
		field game an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
		snick a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
		innings the batting turn of a cricket player or team
cricket - leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
		orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
		family gryllidae, gryllidae crickets
		mole cricket digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots
		acheta domestica, european house cricket lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America
		acheta assimilis, field cricket common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings
Verb crickets, cricketing, cricketed
cricket - play cricket
		play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"

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Wiktionary

cricket (Noun)
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind leg s.
cricket (Noun)
A wooden footstool.
cricket (Noun)
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
cricket (Noun)
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
cricket (Noun)
Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
cricket (Noun)
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
cricket (Noun)
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
cricket (Verb)
To play the game of cricket.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
cricket (n.)
A low stool.
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.
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.
cricket (v. i.)
To play at cricket.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

cricket
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
cricket
An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

cricket
krik′et, n. a saltatory, orthopterous insect, allied to grasshoppers and locusts. [O. Fr. criquet; cf. Dut. krekel, Ger. kreckel.]
cricket
krik′et, n. an outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets, between two sides of eleven each.—v.i. to play at cricket.—ns. Crick′eter, one who plays at cricket; Crick′et-match, a match at cricket. [Fr. criquet; further ety. dub. Not the A.S. crycc, a stick.]
cricket
krik′et, n. (Scot.) a low stool

Wikipedia

Cricket is a sport. It is played between two teams of eleven players each who score runs (points) by running between two sets of three small, wooden posts called wickets.

Each of the wickets is at one end of a rectangle of flattened grass called the pitch. Around the pitch is a much larger oval of grass called the cricket ground.

The main rules of cricket.

There are two teams. The team bowling has 11 players on the field. The team batting always has two people on the field.

The Captain of the bowling team chooses a bowler from his team; the other 10 players are called fielders. The bowler is trying to aim the ball at a wicket, which is made up of three sticks (called stumps) stuck into the earth, with two small sticks (called bails) balanced on them. One of the fielders, called the wicket keeper, stands behind the wicket to catch the ball if the bowler misses the wicket. The other fielders chase the ball after the batter has hit it.

The bowler throws (bowls) the ball overarm six times, which is called an over; then another player becomes the bowler for the next over, and bowls from the other end, and so on. The same bowler cannot bowl two overs one after the other.

The batter is trying to defend the wicket with his bat. When he hits the ball with his bat, he runs toward the other wicket that the bowler or the other batsman is standing at. To score a run, the two batsmen must both run from their wicket to the other wicket, as many times as they can. If the ball leaves the fiel
insect
Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets"), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family Tettigoniidae). They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets. They tend to be nocturnal and are often confused with grasshoppers because they have a similar body structure including jumping hind legs.

Cricket chirping.

Crickets are known for their chirp (which only male crickets can do; male wings have ridges or "teeth" that act like a "comb and file" instrument). The left forewing has a thick rib (a modified vein) which bears 50 to 300 "teeth". The chirp is made by raising their left forewing to a 45 degree angle and rubbing it against the upper hind edge of the right forewing, which has a thick scraper (Berenbaum 1995). This sound producing action is called "stridulation" and the song is species-specific. There are two types of cricket songs: a calling song and a courting song. The calling song attracts females and repels other males, and is fairly loud. The courting song is used when a female cricket is near, and is a very quiet song.

Crickets are hermaphrodites in their childhood.:)