American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wicket
IPA transcription: ['wɪkət]
Pronunciation variants: ['wɪkət][h'wɪkət]
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Noun
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small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
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cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
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a small arch used as croquet equipment
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small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
Usage examples
- A wicketkeeper, he played in the Barbados Cricket League.
- Being out hit-wicket is often seen as a comic method of dismissal.
- Yorkshire won by five wickets.
- He is a right-handed batsman who specialises as a wicketkeeper.
- He played in the key dual role of wicketkeeper-batsman.
- He only took one Test wicket.
- Thomson took just nine wickets in the five Tests, only two more than Boycott.
- He took sixteen wickets in the two Tests that he played.
- His best performances that summer was taking five wickets against South Australia.
- Only eleven players have captained ten or more Tests playing as a wicket-keeper.