1. [n]  a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
2. [n]  leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
3. [v]  play cricket

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1. \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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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.
   Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus};
         the common large black crickets of America are {G.
         niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others.
   {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.
   

2. \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch.
   Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first
   used as a wicket. See {Crutch}.]
   1. A low stool.
   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.
   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.
   

3. \Crick"et\, v. i.
   To play at cricket. --Tennyson.