crick ‧ et /ˈkrɪkət, ˈkrɪkɪt/ BrE AmE noun
[ Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: criquet 'stick at which a ball is thrown' ]
[ Sense 2: Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: criquet , from the sound it makes. ]
1 . [uncountable] a game between two teams of 11 players in which players try to get points by hitting a ball and running between two sets of three sticks
2 . [countable] a small brown insect that can jump, and that makes a rough sound by rubbing its wings together
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ play cricket
Do you play cricket?
▪ watch cricket
He likes to spend summer weekends watching cricket.
■ cricket + NOUN
▪ a cricket bat (=that you use to hit the ball)
▪ a cricket team
the Australian cricket team
▪ a cricket club (=a group of people who play cricket together, or the place where they play and meet socially)
The village cricket club held a barbecue.
▪ a cricket field/ground/pitch (=area of ground where cricket is played)
the school cricket field
▪ a cricket match (=a game of cricket)
▪ the cricket season (=the time of year when people play cricket)
▪ a cricket player
He used to be a professional cricket player.
▪ a cricket captain (=the leader of a cricket team)
▪ a cricket tour (=a trip to a different country to play cricket)
England's cricket tour to the West Indies
▪ a cricket fan (=someone who likes cricket, especially watching it)
■ types of cricket
▪ county cricket (=played between counties in England)
▪ international/world cricket
He brought South Africa back into international cricket.
▪ Test cricket (=played between the teams of different countries)