cricket

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
cricket
    n 1: leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the
         forewings together
    2: a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players;
       teams take turns trying to score runs
    v 1: play cricket
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet,
   criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D.
   kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zool.)
   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.
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   Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
         the common large black crickets of America are {Gryllus
         niger}, {Gryllus neglectus}, and others.
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   {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}.

   {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella});
      -- called also {grasshopper warbler}.

   {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus});
      -- so called from its chirping.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cricket \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch.
   Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool probably having been
   first used as a wicket. See {Crutch}.]
   1. A low stool.
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   2. 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.
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   3. (Arch.) 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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cricket \Crick"et\, v. i.
   To play at cricket. --Tennyson.
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from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Cricket, NC (CDP, FIPS 15440)
  Location: 36.16626 N, 81.19141 W
  Population (1990): 2015 (903 housing units)
  Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Cricket, NC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    2053
   Housing Units (2000): 951
   Land area (2000):     3.989066 sq. miles (10.331632 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.989066 sq. miles (10.331632 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            15440
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             36.162968 N, 81.183077 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cricket, NC
    Cricket
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "cricket":
      Klaxon, boiler factory, boiler room, bull-roarer, candor, catcall,
      cherry bomb, cicada, cicala, clack, clacker, clapper, cracker,
      dog-day cicada, fair play, fair shake, fair-mindedness, fairness,
      firecracker, good sportsmanship, grasshopper, hopper, hoppergrass,
      horn, locust, noisemaker, rattle, rattlebox, siren, snapper,
      sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal,
      steam whistle, the fair thing, the handsome thing,
      the proper thing, ticktack, whistle, whizgig, whizzer
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