English noun: cricket |
1. | cricket (animal) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together |
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| Broader (hypernym) | orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Acheta assimilis, Acheta domestica, European house cricket, field cricket, mole cricket, tree cricket |
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| Member meronym | family Gryllidae, Gryllidae |
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2. | cricket (act) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs |
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| Broader (hypernym) | field game |
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| Part holonym | innings, snick |
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| Domain category members | bowl, bowling, cricket equipment, duck, duck's egg, hat trick, maiden, maiden over, over, round-arm, snick, stump |
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