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Crickety vs Crickets - What's the difference?

crickety | crickets |

As nouns the difference between crickety and crickets

is that crickety is a sound while crickets is .

As an adjective crickety

is of or pertaining to crickets or crickety can be of or pertaining to cricket.

As an interjection crickety

is .

crickety

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to crickets
  • Full of crickets
    • a crickety night

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to cricket.

    • Etymology 3

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • Derived terms
    * by crickety

    Etymology 4

    Onomatopoeia

    Noun

    (cricketies)
  • A sound.
    • Derived terms
    * crickety-crack English onomatopoeias

    crickets

    English

    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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