Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. 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.
2. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
3. A wooden footstool.
4. (chiefly British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
5. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions
6. 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.
7. (US slang, in the plural) Absolute silence; no communication. See crickets.

Verb

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