Meaning

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

originFrom Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”)…

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