Definitions for wicket
ˈwɪk ɪtwick·et

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wicketnoun

   cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

2. wicket, hoopnoun

   a small arch used as croquet equipment

3. wicket, wicket door, wicket gatenoun

   small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

4. wicket, lattice, grillenoun

   small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wicketnoun

   A small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one

2. wicketnoun

   A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating.

3. wicketnoun

   A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a at a rail station.

4. wicketnoun

   One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman

5. wicketnoun

   A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out

6. wicketnoun

   The period during which two batsmen bat together

7. wicketnoun

   The pitch

8. wicketnoun

   The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand

9. wicketnoun

   (Croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven

10. wicketnoun

    A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.

11. wicketnoun

    an angle bracket when used in HTML

12. Etymology: From viquet, from (specifically, Old East Norse) víkjas.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wicketnoun

   A small gate.

   Etymology: wicked, Welsh; guighet, Fr. wicket, Dutch.

   When none yielded, her unruly page,
   With his rude claws the wicket open rent,
   And let her in. Fairy Queen.

   These wickets of the soul are plac’d on high,
   Because all sounds do lightly mount aloft. Davies.

   Now St. Peter at heav’ns wicket seems
   To wait them with his keys. John Milton.

   The cave was now a common way,
   The wicket, often open’d, knew the key. Dryden.

   The chaffering with dissenters, and dodging about this or the other ceremony, is like opening a few wickets, by which no more than one can get in at a time. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wicket

   In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. The wicket is guarded by a batsman who, with his bat (and sometimes with his pads, but see the laws on LBW, leg before wicket), attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket (if it does, he is bowled out) and to score runs where possible. Through metonymic usage, the dismissal of a batsman is known as the taking of a wicket, The cricket pitch itself is sometimes referred to as the wicket.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wicket

   A wicket is a structure in the sport of cricket consisting of three vertical stakes, or stumps, topped by two small crosspieces known as bails. The term can also be used to refer to the dismissal of a batsman, the period during which a pair of batsmen bat together, or the pitch itself. In other contexts, a wicket may refer to a small gate or door, particularly one embedded in or next to a larger one.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wicketnoun

   a small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman

2. Wicketnoun

   a small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated

3. Wicketnoun

   a small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top

4. Wicketnoun

   the ground on which the wickets are set

5. Wicketnoun

   a place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc

6. Wicketnoun

   the space between the pillars, in postand-stall working

7. Etymology: [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. vk a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wicket

   In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wicket

   wik′et, n. a small gate: one of three upright rods bowled at in cricket: a batsman's stay at the wicket: the ground where the wickets are placed.—ns. Wick′et-door, -gate, a wicket; Wick′et-keep′er, in cricket, the fieldsman who stands immediately behind the wicket. [O. Fr. wiket (Fr. guichet), a dim. form, prob. from Ice. vik-inn, pa.p. of víkja, to move; cf. A.S. wícan, to bend.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wicket

   A small door in the gate of a fortress, for use by foot-passengers when the gate is closed.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wicket

   A small door in the gate of a fortified place, affording a free passage to the people without opening the great gate.

Matched Categories

1. • Cricket Equipment
   • Croquet Equipment
   • Gate
   • Opening

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'wicket' in Nouns Frequency: #2474

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How to pronounce wicket?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

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   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say wicket in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wicket in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wicket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of wicket in a Sentence

1. Rajitha Senaratne:

   All the projects will continue, because we can't stop them. We have already signed agreements, we are on a weak wicket.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wicket
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wicket
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wicket
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicket
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wicket
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wicket
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=wicket
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wicket