cricket

A noun with two distinct meanings: a leaping insect whose male makes chirping noises by rubbing its forewings together, and a team sport played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players who take turns trying to score runs.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das entweder eine Sportart mit Schläger und Ball zwischen zwei Mannschaften mit je elf Spielern oder ein kleines braunes springendes Insekt bezeichnet, das für sein Zirpen bekannt ist.

1. Sport A2 formal sport

   A bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field with a wicket at each end.

   • He plays cricket every weekend with his friends.
   • The cricket match lasted for five days.
   • She is a huge fan of international cricket.

   🇩🇪Kricket

2. Insect A2 formal

   A small, brown or black insect that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings together.

   • We could hear a cricket chirping in the garden.
   • A cricket jumped onto the kitchen floor.
   • Crickets are often heard on warm summer nights.

   🇩🇪Grille

• crickets plural form
• crickets' possessive plural form
• cricket's possessive singular form