cricket
/ˈkɹɪkɪt/ noun A2- 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.
- In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
- 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 difficult for pilots to ignore.
Plural crickets
From the library
Phillips was back in the corner explaining a problem in algebra to Prissy Andrews and the rest of the scholars were doing pretty much as they pleased eating green apples, whispering, drawing pictures on their slates, and driving crickets harnessed to strings, up and down aisle.
Tommy Sloane let his team of crickets escape him altogether while he stared open-mouthed at the tableau.
He loves cricket.
They play cricket again.
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