WICKETKEEPER

Meaning of WICKETKEEPER in English

also wicket-keeper

A ~ is the player in a cricket team who stands behind the wicket in order to stop balls that the batsman misses or to catch balls that the batsman hits.

N-COUNT

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WICKETKEEPER — noun Date: circa 1750 a fielder in cricket who stands behind the wicket at which the ball is being bowled
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WICKETKEEPER — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a fieldsman in cricket wearing gloves and pads who stands behind the striker's wicket and whose chief …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WICKETKEEPER — /wik"it kee'peuhr/ , n. Cricket. the player on the fielding side who stands immediately behind the wicket to stop balls …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WICKETKEEPER — noun Date: circa 1750 : a fielder in cricket who stands behind the wicket at which the ball is being …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WICKETKEEPER — ■ noun Cricket a fielder stationed close behind a batsman's wicket. Derivatives wicketkeeping noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
WICKETKEEPER — / ˈwɪkɪtkiːpə(r); NAmE / (also BrE informal keep·er ) noun ( in cricket ) a player who stands behind the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WICKETKEEPER — also wicket-keeper ( wicketkeepers) A wicketkeeper is the player in a cricket team who stands behind the wicket in order …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WICKETKEEPER — n. Pronunciation: ' wi-k ə t- ˌ k ē -p ə r Function: noun Date: circa 1750 : a fielder …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
STUMP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLIP — I. ˈslip verb ( slipped or archaic slipt ˈslipt ; slipped or archaic slipt ; slipping ; slips ) Etymology: …
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OVERTHROW — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: Middle English overthrowen, from over (I) + throwen to throw transitive verb 1. : to throw …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEPER — I. -pə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English keper, from kepen to keep + -er — more at keep …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACKSTOP — I. ˈbakˌstäp noun Etymology: back (III) + stop : something serving as a stop behind something else: as a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WICKETKEEP — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: by shortening : wicketkeeper
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STUMPER — ˈstəmpə(r) noun ( -s ) : one that stumps: as a. : one that removes tree stumps b. : wicketkeeper …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LONG STOP — noun : a fielding position in cricket directly behind the wicketkeeper ; also : a fielder occupying this position
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP WICKET — phrasal : to play as wicketkeeper in cricket
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIRST SLIP — noun : the slip positioned nearest to the wicketkeeper — see cricket illustration
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STUMP — — stumpless , adj. — stumplike , adj. /stump/ , n. 1. the lower end of a tree or plant …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLIP
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STUMPER — ■ noun informal 1》 a puzzling question. 2》 Cricket a wicketkeeper.
Concise Oxford English vocab
STUMP — ■ noun 1》 the part of a tree trunk left projecting from the ground after the rest has fallen or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LONGSTOP — ■ noun Cricket a fielding position (not normally used in the modern game) directly behind the wicketkeeper.
Concise Oxford English vocab
AT THE WICKET CRICKET — at the wicket Cricket 1》 batting. 2》 by the wicketkeeper. → wicket
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRICKET FROG — either of two species of small, nonclimbing North American tree frogs that constitute the genus Acris (family Hylidae). They are …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: SPORTS-AND-GAMES: BOWLING — BOWLING: U.S. Tenpins. The popularity of "arena" settings for the final rounds of Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tournaments continued to …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMES, LESLIE — born Dec. 3, 1905, Elham, Kent, Eng. died Feb. 26, 1990, Canterbury, Kent in full Leslie Ethelbert George Ames one …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEEP WICKET — to act as a wicketkeeper
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEPER — / ˈkiːpə(r); NAmE / noun 1. (especially in compounds) a person whose job is to take care of a building, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WICKET-KEEPER — see wicketkeeper
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WICKET-KEEPER — see wicketkeeper
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык

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