Real Dictionary

cricket
uncountable noun: Cricket is an outdoor game played between two teams. Players try to score points, called runs, by hitting a ball with a wooden bat.

cricket in American English 1
any of various families (esp. Gryllidae) of generally dark-colored, leaping, orthopteran insects usually having long antennae: the males produce a characteristic chirping noise by rubbing parts of the forewings together
noun: any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs

cricket in American English 2
a game played with a red leather ball and a flat wooden bat by two teams of eleven players each on a large field: the teams bat and bowl alternately, the batting team attempting to score runs: the team scoring the most runs wins the game: popular in Engla
intransitive verb: to play cricket
noun: a game, popular esp. in Britain and the Commonwealth, for two teams of 11 members each that is played on a field having two wickets 22 yards (20 m) apart, the object being to score runs by batting the ball far enough so that one is enabled to exchange wic

cricket in American English 3
a wooden footstool
noun: a small, low stool

cricket in American English 4
noun: a small roof for diverting rain water around an obstruction, as a chimney

cricket in British English 1
noun: any insect of the orthopterous family Gryllidae, having long antennae and, in the males, the ability to produce a chirping sound (stridulation) by rubbing together the leathery forewings

cricket in British English 2
noun: a game played by two teams of eleven players on a field with a wicket at either end of a 22- yard pitch, the object being for one side to score runs by hitting a hard leather-covered ball with a bat while the other side tries to dismiss them by bowling, c

cricket in British English 3
noun: a small low stool