cricket

cricket is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. A low stool.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To play at cricket.
6. noun. a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs
7. noun. leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together
8. verb. play cricket

Common word forms

crickets, cricketed, cricketer, cricketing

Words from these letters

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