(dialectal) A wooden footstool.

(rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

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.

(UK) Informal cricket played in the back yard of a private residence, or similar limited space.

(idiomatic, figuratively, humorous) unsportsmanlike.

plural of cricketer

A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops.

Expressing mild annoyance or surprise.

plural of cricket. / (US, Canada, slang, humorous) Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence; no communication.