[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cricket/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / cricket # cricket noun (cricket — uncountable, the game; a cricket, crickets — the insect) «cricket» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven players on a large field with a pitch in the middle, where a bowler bowls to a batter who tries to score runs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#m1) 2. A cricket is a jumping insect, like a grasshopper, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#m2) ### In the lessons In sport, cricket is very popular in England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies; matches can last from a few hours to five days (Test matches); the Ashes is a famous series between England and Australia. Words: wicket, stumps, bails, over (six balls), runs, four, six, out, umpire. In maths, cricket scores and run rates make good problems. In science, crickets are insects with six legs; male crickets chirp, and they chirp faster when it is warmer. Phrases: «play cricket», «cricket bat», «cricket match», «it's not cricket» (old-fashioned British for «it's not fair»). ### Examples - We play cricket in the summer holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x1) - The bowler took three wickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x2) - He hit the ball for six in the cricket match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x3) - An over in cricket has six balls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x4) - The crickets chirped all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x5) - Crickets have long back legs for jumping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x6) - Australia and England play for the Ashes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x7) - We ate sandwiches at the cricket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x8) - “Keep still, you ugly Cricket!” cried Pinocchio. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/#x9) ### Note The game is uncountable («play cricket», not «a cricket»); the insect is countable («two crickets»). A cricket insect has six legs, like all insects. In cricket, «a run» is a point, and «a six» means 6 runs scored by hitting the ball over the boundary. ## In Jewish tradition Crickets and some locusts are the only winged swarming insects the Torah allows as food. Tradition says that only communities with a tradition about which species are permitted may eat them. In the primary lessons: In sport, cricket is very popular in England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the West Indies; matches can last from a few hours to five days (Test matches); the Ashes is a famous series between England and Australia. Words: wicket, stumps, bails, over (six balls), runs, four, six, out, umpire. In maths, cricket scores and run rates make good problems. In science, crickets are insects with six legs; male crickets chirp, and they chirp faster when it is warmer. Phrases: «play cricket», «cricket bat», «cricket match», «it's not cricket» (old-fashioned British for «it's not fair»). ### Examples - even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds. (Torah LEV.11.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cricket/#x1) ### Note The game is uncountable («play cricket», not «a cricket»); the insect is countable («two crickets»). A cricket insect has six legs, like all insects. In cricket, «a run» is a point, and «a six» means 6 runs scored by hitting the ball over the boundary. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «cricket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cricket/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«cricket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cricket.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «cricket» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cricket/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«cricket» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cricket.html) on Mova free.