Noun

(head)

(US slang, humorous) Absolute silence; no communication. Derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet. May be used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases.

Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just... crickets .

We asked for an explanation, but all we heard was the sound of crickets .

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Noun

(en-noun)

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent] well-veined wings.

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# The periodical cicada.

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#* {{quote-news, title=Magicidada coming to New Jersey on May 27, work=Hunterdon County Democrat,

date=May 16, year=2013, author=Laura Kroon, passage=Last year, the Brood I cicadas' were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The ' cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.}}