Crickets

What do we mean by crickets?

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.

A wooden footstool.

A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.

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.

-to make a joke that no one laughs at. -after someone says a lame joke, it's as if you can hear the "crickets" because no one laughed. Urban Dictionary

Silence, when you ask someone a question and they don't give a response. Urban Dictionary

People that make a ton of noise when you're not around, but get extremely hush hush when you are present. Hence running their mouths behind your back. Urban Dictionary

The response from a friend about a previous night's activities, typically following heavy alcohol consumption. Urban Dictionary

When one of two parties are speaking on the telephone past ten p.m. when one of the parties asks a question that could or could not be life changing. the opposite party reacts in a way that could only be described by the sounds of crickets. Urban Dictionary

A breaker move like the turtle except you bounce back and fourth from hand to hand instead of just lifting and shifting. Urban Dictionary

Absolute silence (said of communication, from the cinematic metaphor) Urban Dictionary

Meaning for something to be dodgy, wrong, or unfair. Based on Cricket being a gentlemen's game, fair play is expected. Urban Dictionary

The sound of silence. In wilderness areas during the still of the night, all that can be heard is the sound of crickets chirping. Urban Dictionary

A game of skill and gentlemanly conduct where everyone hates the Australians equally. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to crickets:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word crickets:
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Words that rhyme with crickets:
rickets, tickets, thickets, pickets, ricketts, wickets, chicots, brick huts, click its, flick its, kick its, lick its, pick its, quick cuts, quick hits, stick hits, stick huts, stick its, thick cuts.

Adjectives that are often used to describe crickets:
black, male, mole, female, hedge, few, mormon, little, large, small, young, live, true, jiminy, tree, dead, most, big, tiny, innumerable, common, huge, green, brown, noisy, hawaiian, wingless, field, bush, giant, snowy, adult, countless, very, jimminy, fat, pinhead, fen, australian, minute, nocturnal, myriad, camel, wood, japanese, invisible, fried, glossy, hearth, merry, nearby, north, winged, roasted, drowsy, hidden, geminy, indifferent, wooden, called, distant, gewhilliky, intact, mechanical, hungry, pine, loving, tailed, trained, loud, blind, larval, caged.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective crickets:
cry, feed.

Consonant match to crickets:
crockets, croquets, crack its.

Words that sound like crickets:
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