definition of the word cricket

An Australian brown field cricket

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈkrɪk.ɪt/, SAMPA: /"krIk.It/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪt

From Old French criquet, from criquer (“‘to make a cracking sound’”).

cricket (plural crickets)

1. An insect in the order Orthoptera that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
2. A wooden footstool.
3. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions

• house cricket
• mole cricket
• Mormon cricket

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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