WICKETKEEPER

Meaning of WICKETKEEPER in English

/ ˈwɪkɪtkiːpə(r); NAmE / (also BrE informal keep·er ) noun

( in cricket ) a player who stands behind the wicket in order to stop or catch the ball

—picture at cricket

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — 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 — also wicket-keeper A ~ is the player in a cricket team who stands behind the wicket in order to stop …
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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
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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
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