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wick·et  (wkt)

n.

1. A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one.

2. A small window or opening, often fitted with glass or a grating.

3. A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or canal or for emptying a lock.

4. Sports In cricket:

a. Either of the two sets of three stumps, topped by bails, that forms the target of the bowler and is defended by the batsman.

b. A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball knocking the bails off the stumps.

c. The termination of a batsman's innings.

d. The period during which two batsmen are in together.

e. See pitch².

5. Games Any of the small arches, usually made of wire, through which players try to drive their ball in croquet.

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[Middle English, from Old North French wiket, nook, wicket; see weik-² in Indo-European roots.]

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wicket [ˈwɪkɪt]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a small door or gate, esp one that is near to or part of a larger one

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) US a small window or opening in a door, esp one fitted with a grating or glass pane, used as a means of communication in a ticket office, bank, etc.

3. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel

4. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Croquet) US a croquet hoop

5. (Team Sports / Cricket)

a.  Cricket either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands

b.  the strip of ground between these

c.  a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat a third-wicket partnership

d.  the act or instance of a batsman being got out the bowler took six wickets

(Team Sports / Cricket)

keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper

on a good, sticky, etc., wicket Informal in an advantageous, awkward, etc., situation

[from Old Northern French wiket; related to Old Norse vikja to move]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wicket - cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket cricket equipment - sports equipment used in playing cricket
	2.	wicket - a small arch used as croquet equipment hoop croquet equipment - sports equipment used in playing croquet
	3.	wicket - small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door) wicket door, wicket gate gate - a movable barrier in a fence or wall
	4.	wicket - small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted grille, lattice opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" stump - (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

Translations

wicket [ˈwɪkɪt]

A. N

1. (Cricket) (= stumps) → palos mpl; (= pitch) → terreno m; (= fallen wicket) → entrada f, turno m
to be on a sticky wicket → estar en un aprieto CRICKET

2. (also wicket gate) → postigo m, portillo m

B. CPD wicket keeper N (Cricket) → guardameta mf

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wicket [ˈwɪkɪt] n (in cricket) (= set of sticks) → guichet m (= area) → espace compris entre les deux guichets
to take a wicket → éliminer un batteur
wicket keeper wicket-keeper, wicketkeeper [ˈwɪkɪtkiːpə^r] n → gardien m de guichet

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wicket

n

→ Gatter nt; (for selling tickets) → Fenster nt

(Cricket) (= stumps: also wickets) → Wicket nt, → Pfostentor nt; (= pitch) → Spielbahn f; three wickets fell before lunch → es gab drei Wicketwürfe vor der Mittagspause; we won by four wickets → wir gewannen und hatten vier Schlagmänner noch nicht in Einsatz gehabt; to keep wicket → Torwächter sein ? sticky

(US: = croquet hoop) → Tor nt

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wicket [ˈwɪkɪt] (Cricket) n → porta

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wicket [ˈwɪkɪt] (Cricket) n → porta

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wicket

n wicket [ˈwikit]

1 a hoop through which the balls are driven in the game of croquet or at which the ball is bowled in cricket. deurtjie قَوْس صَغيرَه في لُعْبَة الكريكيت крикет вратичка branka bue; gærde das Tor στεφάνη (π.χ. στο κροκέ) palos värav (دروازه هاى فلزى کوتاه که گوى بايد از ان بگذرد(کروکه hila guichet שַעַר विकेट vratašca (krikett)kapu gawang marksúlur wicket 三柱門 위켓, 삼주문 varteliai kriketa vārti wiket wicket (krokket)bøyle bramka krykietowa !! added 2nd – boisko krykietowe !! added 3rd – runda whicket воротца (в крикете) bránka vratca pri kriketu vratanca båge, grind ห่วงบาสเกตบอล üç çubuktan oluşan kale (槌球、板球)三柱門 ворітця کرکٹ کی وکٹیں bộ ba thanh chắn trong cricket 拱门

2 the ground between two sets of these rods The wicket has dried out well. kolfblad رُقْعَة الأرْض بين مَجموعَة الأقْواس разстояние меежду две вратички hřiště mezi brankami arealet mellem to gærder das Spielfeld terreno väravatevaheline ala زمین بازی کریکت hilojen väli wicket רְחַבַת הַשַעַר विकेट prostor između vratašaca tonggak leiksvæði milli marksúlna (lo spazio fra le due porte) 投球場 두 위켓 사이, 투구장(投球場) aikštė tarp vartelių (20 m ilgio) wiket pitch полоса травы между воротцами ihrisko medzi bránkami (v krikete) igrišče zemlja između vratanaca ช่อง kriket çubukları arasındaki yer 兩道三柱門之間的場地 ворітця دریچہ cửa thanh chắn 拱门两边的土

3 the ending of a batsman's period of batting They scored fifty runs for (the loss of) one wicket. kolfbeurt نِهايَة فَتْرَة الضَّرْب من جانِب ضارِب الكُرَه край на батиране doba hry jednoho pálkaře gærde ein (etc.) Schläger, der noch nicht geschlagen hat entrada, turno löögivoor چوگان lyöntivuoron loppu guichet סִיוּם זְמָן חֲבִיטָה बल्लेबाज के बल्लेबाजी की समाप्ति zadnji udarac u kriketu tanah di antara dua wicket lota eins kylfings í krikket wicket アウトになること 이닝, 타격 차례 žaidimo periodas nuo tada, kai paduodamas kamuolys, iki tada, kai kamuolio mušėjas turi išeiti wiket wicket викет (конец очереди бьющего, выведенного из игры) (doba hry jedného hráča v krikete) završetak udarca การหมดรอบตีลูก vuruş sırası 擊球員擊球的一輪結束 ворітця بلے باز کی بلے بازی کا خاتمہ hết hiệp đấu 一个回合的结束

n wicket-keeper

(in cricket) the fielder who stands immediately behind the wicket. paaltjiewagter حارِس بُوَيْب الويكيت крикет вратар brankář keeper der/die Torhüter(in) defensa väravakaitsja دروازه بان hilavahti gardien qui se trouve derrière le guichet שוֹעֵר वीकेटकीपर čuvar vrata kapus (krikettben) penjaga tonggak varnarleikmaður í krikket (giocatore che sta dietro la porta) 三柱門の守備者 (크리켓) 삼주문을 수비하는 사람 vartininkas vārtsargs (kriketā) penjaga wiket wicketkeeper gracz obstawiający bramkę defesa игрок, охраняющий воротца (в крикете) brankár (v krikete) vratar čuvar vratanca ผู้เล่นฝ่ายที่ขว้างลูกและคอยรับลูกอยู่หลังคานตีในกีฬาคริกเก็ต kaleci (板球)三柱門守球員 гравець, що захищає ворітця کرکٹ میں وکٹ کے پیچھے کھڑا کھلاڑی جو گیند روکتا ہے người chặn bóng (板球)三柱门的防守员,捕手