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Etymology

From Middle English creket, crykett, crykette, from Old French criket (with diminutive -et) from criquer (“to make a cracking sound; creak”), from Middle Dutch kricken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, related to Middle English creken, criken (“to creak”), all ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kriek (“cricket”), Middle Dutch krikel, criekel, crekel (“cricket”) (with diminituve -el), Middle Low German krikel, krekel (“cricket”), German Kreckel (“cricket”). More at creak.

derived from *krakōn✻
derived from kricken — “to creak; crack”
derived from criket
inherited from creket

Definitions

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping…
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a…
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be…
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
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1. A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in…
  A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
2. 5
  An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
  - Robbins went on, "Henry wouldn't do anything that wasn't cricket. Me, I was raised in a river ward and I'm not bothered by niceties. […]
3. A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
4. 7
  To play the game of cricket.
  - Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living? Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.
5. 8
  A wooden footstool.
  - Heawe’er I pood o Cricket, on keaw’rt meh deawn ith Nook, o side oth' Hob
6. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal…
  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.

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Derived

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A definitional loop anchored at cricket. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at cricket. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at cricket

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