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    [Noun]  | "crick*et" | \ ˈkri-kət \


    1: any of a family (Gryllidae) of leaping orthopteran insects noted for the chirping notes produced by the male by rubbing together specially modified parts of the forewings

    2: a conspicuous lack of response : silence

    3: a low wooden footstool


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English criket, from Anglo-French, of imitative origin;

    [Noun]  | "cricket" 


    1: a game played with a ball and bat by two sides of usually 11 players each on a large field centering upon two wickets each defended by a batsman

    2: fair and honorable behavior


    Origin: 1575 ;

     Middle French criquet goal stake in a bowling game;

    [Noun]  | "house cricket" 


    1: a widely distributed cricket (Acheta domesticus) usually living in or about dwellings


    Origin: 1721 ;

    [Noun]  | "Jerusalem cricket" 


    1: a large-headed burrowing nocturnal orthopteran insect (Stenopelmatus fuscus) of the southwestern U.S.


    Origin: 1947 ;

    [Noun]  | "mole cricket" 


    1: any of a family (Gryllotalpidae) of widely distributed orthopteran insects that have broad front legs adapted for digging in moist soil and that feed largely on the roots of plants


    Origin: 1714 ;

    [Noun]  | "Mormon cricket" 


    1: a large dark wingless migratory katydid (Anabrus simplex) that resembles a cricket and is found in the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops and forage plants


    Origin: 1896 ;

    [Verb]  | "cricket" 


    1: to play the game of cricket


    Origin: circa 1809 ;

    [Idiom]  | "not cricket" 


    1: not fair, polite, or proper

    [Noun]  | "cricket" 


    1: as in justice, fairness;




     [ "cricket" ]

    1: A game of skill and gentlemanly conduct where everyone hates the Australians equally.

      * e.g.,  ... Not those Aussie cunts again! 

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    1: A game that Indians are very, very serious about.

      * e.g.,  ... So they had a strip of ground about twelve feet wide and forty long - one wicket was a trash can, the other was a chair. Jivaji gets the ball and wings it at the wicket, blowing the trash can to tiny little bits.  

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: A gentlemen's game and the sport baseball tries to be.

      * e.g.,  ... Fancy a game of cricket? 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: A gentlemans sport. Brilliantly concieved and very difficult to master. Par superior to shoddy imitations played in certain countries.

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: cricket is a legend of a game played with a bat and a ball.

      * e.g.,  ... Only gentlemen can play cricket 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: A thing that makes noise when your jokes aren't funny. Somehow, every single time you tell a bad joke, the damn cricket just happens to be there to mock you. He makes you cry.

      * e.g.,  ... Bad comedian: So the monkey says to me "how are you?" haha 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: Alongside Rugby Union, cricket is the original Gentlemans Game. Requiring the most intense of concentration, batter's and fielder's may have to stand in the field for up to 5 days. Extremely difficult to perfect and enjoyed by 9 main nations, it is a time-honoured tradition enjoyed by many.

      * e.g.,  ... "Australia is the Cricket World Champion." 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: Acceptable form of behaviour, British behaviour in particular.

      * e.g.,  ... We don't kick men in the balls. It isnt cricket. (Taken from Austin Powers 2) 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1: Cricket is a religion. It is demographically more prominent in India. The followers of this religion worship the Greatest Legendary batsman "Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar".

      * e.g.,  ... Cricket is my religion and Sachin is my god. 

     [ "cricket" ]

    1:  A common insect of the Gryllinae family. The soothing (or annoying) music of this small grasshopper like creature can be heard on any warm quiet night in rural areas.

      * e.g.,  ...  On Fear Factor Joe saw a woman force herself to eat a bowl of crickets. 


     [ "cricket" ]

    2: Crickets are known to infest houses in large numbers if left uncontrolled and also resort to cannibalism if hungry enough. Many pet stores supply crickets as a food source for larger pets and in some parts of the world they are eaten by people as well. Crickets are a surprisingly nutritious food.

      * e.g.,  ...  Watching grass grow is more entertaining than watching a game of cricket. Let’s play Hockey instead! 


     [ "cricket" ]

    3: On television crickets are often used as a sound effect accompanying a failed performance or unfunny joke.


     [ "cricket" ]

    4:  A popular team sport played in countries like England, and its bitches India and Australia. Also known as Steroid-Free Baseball or 2nd World Rounders. The "bat" used in this game resemble the paddle used to beat freshman class students.

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