cricket
noun [U] (GAME) /ˈkrɪk.ɪt/Definition
A2 a sport in which two teams of eleven players try to score runs (= points) by hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, and running between two sets of small wooden posts: a cricket ball/batCricketGeneral terms used in ball sports
(Definition of cricket noun (GAME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- batsman noun
- batswoman noun
- bowl sb out phrasal verb
- bowler noun (PERSON)
- bowling noun (CRICKET)
- clean bowled adjective
- declaration noun (CRICKET)
- declare verb (CRICKET)
- delivery noun (GIVING)
- drive noun (POWER)
- extra noun (CRICKET)
- fall verb (BE DEFEATED)
- field verb (BALL)
- overthrow noun (THROW)
- run sb out phrasal verb
- snick verb
- test match noun
- the outfield noun
- twelfth man noun
- wicketkeeper noun
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