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cricket | x |

As a noun cricket

is .

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

cricket

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) criquet, from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • Derived terms
    * balm cricket * chirpy as a cricket * cricket bird * cricket frog * house cricket * mole cricket * Mormon cricket * true cricket

    Etymology 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

    (-)
  • (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.
    • ''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 cricket
    See also
    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the game of cricket.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----