Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cricket"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cricket \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch.
Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first
used as a wicket. See {Crutch}.]
1. A low stool.
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cricket \Crick"et\, v. i.
To play at cricket. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
the common large black crickets of America are {G.
niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cricket
n 1: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the
forewings together
2: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11
players; teams take turns trying to score runs
v : play cricket
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