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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wick•et /ˈwɪkɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a window or opening, often with a grating, as in a ticket office.
- Sporta small door or gate, esp. one beside or forming part of a larger one.
- (in croquet) a hoop or arch.
- Sport(in cricket) either of the two frameworks at which the bowler aims the ball.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wick•et (wik′it),USA pronunciation n. - a window or opening, often closed by a grating or the like, as in a door, or forming a place of communication in a ticket office, a teller's cage in a bank, etc.
- Games[Croquet.]a hoop or arch.
- a turnstile in an entrance.
- a small door or gate, esp. one beside, or forming part of, a larger one.
- Civil Engineeringa small gate by which a canal lock is emptied.
- Mechanical Engineeringa gate by which a flow of water is regulated, as to a waterwheel.
- [Cricket.]
- either of the two frameworks, each consisting of three stumps with two bails in grooves across the tops, at which the bowler aims the ball.
- the area between the wickets;
the playing field. - one batsman's turn at the wicket.
- the period during which two players bat together.
- a batsman's inning that is not completed or not begun.
- British Terms to be on, have, or bat a sticky wicket, to be at or have a disadvantage.
- Gmc; compare Middle Dutch wiket wicket, equivalent. to wik- (akin to Old English wīcan to yield; see weak) + -et noun, nominal suffix
- Anglo-French; Old French guischet
- Middle English wiket 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wicket /ˈwɪkɪt/ n - a small door or gate, esp one that is near to or part of a larger one
- US a small window or opening in a door, esp one fitted with a grating or glass pane, used as a means of communication in a ticket office, bank, etc
- a small sluicegate, esp one in a canal lock gate or by a water wheel
- either of two constructions, placed 22 yards apart, consisting of three pointed stumps stuck parallel in the ground with two wooden bails resting on top, at which the batsman stands
- the strip of ground between these
- a batsman's turn at batting or the period during which two batsmen bat
- the act or instance of a batsman being got out: the bowler took six wickets
- keep wicket ⇒ to act as a wicketkeeper
Etymology: 18th Century: from Old Northern French wiket; related to Old Norse vikja to move |