cricket

noun

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. (US, humorous, in-plural, slang)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.
3. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
4. (slang)An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
5. (uncountable)A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
6. (British, uncountable)An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.

   “Robbins went on, "Henry wouldn't do anything that wasn't cricket. Me, I was raised in a river ward and I'm not bothered by niceties. […]”

7. (uncountable)A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
8. (dialectal)A wooden footstool.

   “Heawe’er I pood o Cricket, on keaw’rt meh deawn ith Nook, o side oth' Hob”

9. 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.

verb

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

   “Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living? Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship.”