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.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un deporte de bate y pelota entre dos equipos de once jugadores, o un pequeño insecto marrón saltador conocido por su canto estridente.

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.

   🇪🇸Críquet (deporte)

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.

   🇪🇸Grillo (insecto)

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