Cricket vs Glovework - What's the difference?
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An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family , that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A wooden footstool.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
(US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.
(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
(chiefly, British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
(sports) Fielding ability in sports such as in baseball or cricket where fielders wear gloves.
*:2009 , Alan Schwarz, Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball’s Unseen Skills ,
*::A half-century after Branch Rickey harrumphed, “There is nothing on earth anybody can do with fielding,” all these pixels and bits will almost certainly revolutionize the analysis of baseball glovework .
As nouns the difference between cricket and glovework
is that cricket is while glovework is (sports) fielding ability in sports such as in baseball or cricket where fielders wear gloves.cricket
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) criquet, from .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricketEtymology 2
Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch 'to ricochet' , i.e. "to chase a ball with a crook".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7919429.stm]Noun
(-)- ''That player's foul wasn't cricket !
Usage notes
The sense "An act that is fair and sportsmanlike" is always used in negative constructions and is not restricted to sports usage. * (An act that is unfair or unsportsmanlike) not cricketSee also
*glovework
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