noun a low stool.
2. cricket ·vi to play at cricket.
3. cricket ·noun a small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
4. cricket ·noun a game much played in england, and sometimes in america, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
5. cricket ·noun an orthopterous insect of the genus gryllus, and allied genera. the males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.