cricket

4 definitions • 2 examples

a sport in which two teams of eleven players try to score runs (= points) by hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, and running between two sets of small wooden posts:

a cricket ball/bat

play cricket He played cricket for his county in his youth.

a brown or black insect that makes short, loud noises by rubbing its wings together

a brown jumping insect that makes a loud, high, often repeated noise that you hear esp. at night

a team sport popular in England and some other countries, played with a small, hard ball and a bat (= wooden stick)