cricket
/ˈkrɪkɪt/
noun
- An outdoor game played with a bat and ball between two teams of eleven players each, popular especially in the UK, Australia, and South Asia.
- Cricket is the national sport of England.
- My brother plays cricket every Saturday with his friends.
- We watched a thrilling cricket match between India and Australia.
- A small, brown or black jumping insect that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings together.
- The children tried to catch the cricket in the grass.
- We could hear a cricket chirping in the garden at night.
- A cricket jumped onto the picnic blanket.
- Fair and honorable behavior, especially in sports or competition.
- The coach taught us that good sportsmanship is cricket.
- In this company, honesty is cricket.
- It's not cricket to cheat on the test.