Wicket

Word WICKET
Character 6
Hyphenation wick et
Pronunciations /ˈwɪkɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Wicket"

What do we mean by wicket?

A small door or gate, especially one built into or near a larger one. noun

A small window or opening, often fitted with glass or a grating. noun

A sluice gate for regulating the amount of water in a millrace or canal or for emptying a lock. noun

In cricket. noun

Either of the two sets of three stumps, topped by bails, that forms the target of the bowler and is defended by the batsman. noun

A batsman's innings, which may be terminated by the ball knocking the bails off the stumps. noun

The termination of a batsman's innings. noun

The period during which two batsmen are in together. noun

Any of the small arches, usually made of wire, through which players try to drive their ball in croquet. noun

A game, formerly played in parts of the United States, resembling primitive cricket. noun

A small gate or doorway, especially a small door or gate forming part of a larger one. noun

A hole through which to communicate, or to view what, passes without; a window, lookout, loophole, or the like. noun

A small gate by which the chamber of a canal-lock is emptied; also, a gate in the chute of a water-wheel, designed to regulate the amount of water passing to the wheel. noun

A half-high door. noun

A hole or opening. noun

In cricket: noun

The object at which the bowler aims, and before which, but a little on one side, the batsman stands. It consists of three stumps, having two bails lying in grooves along their tops. See cricket (with diagram). noun

A batsman's tenure of his wicket. If the batting side pass their opponents' full score with (say) six players to be put out, they are said to win “by six wickets”—a colloquial abbreviation for “with six wickets to go down.” noun

The ground on which the wickets are set: as, play was begun with an excellent wicket. noun

A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.

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

A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.

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.

A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.

The period during which two batsmen bat together.

The pitch.

The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.

Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven.

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

A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen.

The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working.

An angle bracket when used in HTML.

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The word "wicket" in example sentences

Britains "most-gay-friendly employer", where 10% of the staff bowl round the wicket, is Staffordshire Police. ❋ Laban (2006)

The sticky wicket is that once you file for SSA in Mexico, you have one year to establish at least 30 days of residence in the US before benefits can begin. ❋ Unknown (2005)

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