Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cricket
Cricket
cricket
1. n. & v. --n. a game played on a grass pitch with two teams of 11 players taking turns to bowl at a wicket defended by a batting player of the other team. --v.intr. (cricketed, cricketing) play cricket. Phrases and idioms cricket-bag a long bag used for carrying a cricketer's bat etc. not cricket Brit. colloq. underhand or unfair behaviour. Derivatives cricketer n. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. uncert. 2. n. any of various grasshopper-like insects of the order Orthoptera, the males of which produce a characteristic chirping sound. Etymology: ME f. OF criquet f. criquer creak etc. (imit.)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English criket, from Anglo-French, of limitative origin Date: 14th century any of a family (Gryllidae) of leaping orthopteran insects noted for the chirping notes produced by the male by rubbing together specially modified parts of the forewings, a low wooden footstool, a small metal toy or signaling device that makes a sharp click or snap when pressed, II. noun Etymology: Middle French criquet goal stake in a bowling game Date: 1598 a game played with a ball and bat by two sides of usually 11 players each on a large field centering upon two wickets each defended by a batsman, fair and honorable behavior , III. intransitive verb Date: circa 1809 to play the game of ~, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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