cricket (redirected from Cricket (sport))

crick·et ¹  (krkt)

n.

Any of various insects of the family Gryllidae, having long antennae and legs adapted for leaping. The males of many species produce a shrill chirping sound by rubbing the front wings together.

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[Middle English criket, from Old French criquet, from criquer, to click, of imitative origin.]

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crick·et ²  (krkt)

n.

1. Sports An outdoor game played with bats, a ball, and wickets by two teams of 11 players each.

2. Good sportsmanship and fair conduct: It's not cricket to cheat at cards.

intr.v. crick·et·ed, crick·et·ing, crick·ets Sports

To play the game of cricket.

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[Obsolete French criquet, piece of wood, from Old French, stick for a bowling game, perhaps from Middle Dutch cricke, walking stick.]

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cricket·er, cricket·eer (--tîr) n.

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crick·et ³  (krkt)

n.

A small wooden footstool.

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[Origin unknown.]

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cricket¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any insect of the orthopterous family Gryllidae, having long antennae and, in the males, the ability to produce a chirping sound (stridulation) by rubbing together the leathery forewings

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various related insects, such as the mole cricket

[from Old French criquet, from criquer to creak, of imitative origin]

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cricket²

n

1. (Team Sports / Cricket)

a.  a game played by two teams of eleven players on a field with a wicket at either end of a 22-yard pitch, the object being for one side to score runs by hitting a hard leather-covered ball with a bat while the other side tries to dismiss them by bowling, catching, running them out, etc.

b.  (as modifier) a cricket bat

not cricket Informal not fair play

vb (intr)

(Team Sports / Cricket) to play cricket

[from Old French criquet goalpost, wicket, of uncertain origin]

cricketer  n

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cricket³

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a small low stool

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cricket - leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect - any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts family Gryllidae, Gryllidae - crickets mole cricket - digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots Acheta domestica, European house cricket - lives in human dwellings; naturalized in parts of America Acheta assimilis, field cricket - common American black cricket; attacks crops and also enters dwellings tree cricket - pale arboreal American cricket noted for loud stridulation
	2.	cricket - a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs bowling - (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman snick - a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.) innings - the batting turn of a cricket player or team field game - an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions cricket equipment - sports equipment used in playing cricket stump - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket duck's egg, duck - (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman over - (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch maiden over, maiden - (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored snick - hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat bowl - hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end
Verb	1.	cricket - play cricket play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

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cricket

Cricket terms

appeal, Ashes, bail, ball, bat, batsman, bouncer or bumper, boundary, bowl, bowled, bowler, bye, catch, caught, century, chinaman, cover point, covers, crease, cut, declare, drive, duck, edge, extra, extra cover, fast bowler, fielder or fieldsman, fine leg, follow on, four, full toss, glance or glide, googly, gully, hit wicket, hook, in, innings, leg before wicket, leg break, leg bye, leg slip, long leg, long off, long on, maiden (over), mid off, mid on, mid wicket, nightwatchman, no ball, off break, off side, on side or leg side, opener or opening batsman, out, over, pad, pitch, pull, run, run out, seam, short leg, silly mid on, silly mid off, single, six, slip, spin, square leg, stump, stumped, sweep, swing, test match, third man, twelfth man, umpire, wicket, wicketkeeper, wide, yorker

Translations

cricket¹ [ˈkrɪkɪt] N (Zool) → grillo m

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cricket² [ˈkrɪkɪt]

A. N (= sport) → críquet m, crícket m
that's not cricket (fig) → es una jugada sucia

B. CPD cricket ball N → pelota f de críquet
cricket bat N → bate m de críquet
cricket match N → partido m de críquet
cricket pavilion N → caseta f de críquet
cricket pitch N → terreno m de juego de críquet

CRICKET

El críquet se practica en todo el Reino Unido y los países de la Commonwealth, aunque se considera un juego típicamente inglés. Se juega sobre todo en verano al aire libre, sobre hierba y se puede reconocer inmediatamente porque todos los jugadores van vestidos de blanco. Tiene unas reglas un tanto complejas: hay dos equipos de 11 jugadores. En el primer equipo todos los jugadores batean por turnos, mientras que en el otro equipo hay un boleador (bowler) y diez fildeadores (fielders) en puntos estratégicos del campo. El boleador lanza la pelota al bateador (batsman). Éste intenta a su vez lanzarla lo más lejos posible y así tener tiempo para correr de un poste (wicket) a otro y conseguir puntos, llamados por ello (runs). Los fildeadores del equipo contrario intentan atrapar la pelota lanzada por el bateador para evitar que consiga más puntos. Si atrapan la pelota en el aire o si dan en el wicket con ella, el bateador es eliminado. Cuando todos los bateadores del primer equipo han sido eliminados, se cambian los papeles. Un partido puede durar varios días seguidos.

Como ocurre con el béisbol en Estados Unidos, algunas expresiones de críquet han pasado a la lengua cotidiana, entre otras, a sticky wicket (una situación difícil).

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cricket [ˈkrɪkɪt] n

(= insect) → grillon m

(= game) → cricket m
to play cricket → jouer au cricket
I play cricket → Je joue au cricket.
it's not cricket (British) (old-fashioned) → ce n'est pas correct
cricket ball n → balle f de cricket
cricket bat n → batte f de cricket

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cricket in cpds → Kricket-;

cricket bat

n → (Kricket)schlagholz nt

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cricket:

cricket match

n → Kricketspiel nt

cricket pitch

n → Kricketfeld nt

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cricket¹

n (= insect) → Grille f

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cricket²

n (Sport) → Kricket nt; that’s not cricket (fig inf) → das ist nicht fair

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cricket¹ [ˈkrɪkɪt] n (sport) → cricket m
that's not cricket (fig) → questo non è leale

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cricket² [ˈkrɪkɪt] n (insect) → grillo

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cricket¹

n cricket [ˈkrikit]

an outdoor game played with bats, a ball and wickets, between two sides of eleven each. krieket لُعْبَـة الكريكيت крикет kriket cricket das Kricket κρίκετ críquet, cricket kriket کریکت kriketti cricket קְרִיקֶט क्रिकेट kriket krikett kriket krikket cricket クリケット 크리켓 kriketas krikets kriket cricket cricket krykiet críquete cricket крикет kriket kriket kriket kricket กีฬาคริกเก็ต kriket (oyunu) 板球 крикет كرك‍ٹ، ايک كهيل môn crikê 板球

n cricketer

krieketspeler لاعِب الكريكيت крикетист hráč kriketu cricketspiller der/die Kricketspieler(in) παίκτης του κρίκετ jugador de críquet kriketimängija بازیکن کریکت kriketinpelaaja joueur/-euse de cricket שַׂחקָן קְרִיקֶט क्रिकेट खिलाड़ी igrač kriketa krikettjátékos pemain kriket krikketleikari giocatore/giocatrice di cricket クリケット競技者 크리켓 하는 사람 kriketininkas kriketa spēlētājs pemain kriket cricketspeler cricketspiller gracz w krykieta jogador de críquete jucător de cricket игрок в крикет hráč, -ka kriketu igralec kriketa igrač kriketa kricketspelare นักกีฬาคริกเก็ต kriket oyuncusu 打板球的人 гравець у крикет كرك‍ٹ كهلاڑی người chơi crikê 打板球的人

not cricket

unfair; not sportsmanlike. onregverdig, onbehoorlik, onsportief غَير رِياضي، بِدون روح رياضِيَّـه не е спортсменско nefér ikke fair nicht anständig αντιδεοντολογικός, αντιαθλητικός no jugar limpio ebaaus, ebasportlaslik ناجوانمردانه؛ پست epäreilu qui n'est pas loyal לֹא הוֹגֵן अनुचित व असम्माननीय nefer, nesportski nem tisztességes tidak sportif óíþróttamannslegur, ódrengilegur sleale, non sportivo 公明正大でない 정정당당하지 못하다 negarbinga, neetiška negodīgi tiada semangat kesukanan onsportief urealt, juks niehonorowe desonesto inco­rect не по правилам nefér nešportno nesportski inte juste, inte rent spel ไม่มีน้ำใจนักกีฬา dürüstçe olmayan oyun kurallarına aykırı 不公平，不光明正大 не за правилами; нечесно ناجائز، غير منصف không đẹp 不正大光明

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cricket²

n cricket [ˈkrikit]

an insect related to the grasshopper, the male of which makes a chirping noise. kriek, langasemsprinkaan جُدجُد ، صِرصار الليل щурец cvrček fårekylling die Grille τριζόνι grillo toakilk جیرجیرک kotisirkka grillon צְרָצָר झींगुर cvrčak tücsök cengkerik krybba grillo こおろぎ 뀌뚜라미 svirplys circenis belalang krekel siriss świerszcz grilo greier сверчок cvrček čriček cvrčak syrsa จิ้งหรีด cırcır böceği 蟋蟀 цвіркун جهينگر con dế 蟋蟀

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cricket → حشرة صرار الليل, لعبة الكريكيت cvrček, kriket fårekylling, kricket Cricket, Grille γρύλος, κρίκετ críquet, grillo heinäsirkka, kriketti cricket, grillon cvrčak, kriket cricket, grillo クリケット, コオロギ 귀뚜라미, 크리켓 cricket, krekel cricket, siriss krykiet, świerszcz críquete, grilo крикет, сверчок kricket, syrsa กีฬาคริกเก็ต, จิ้งหรีด cırcır böceği, kriket con dế, môn crickê 板球, 蟋蟀