cricket

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cricket1

▶noun an open-air game played on a large grass field with bat and ball between teams of eleven players, the batsmen attempting to score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets.

– phrases
not cricket Brit. informal contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude.

– derivatives
cricketer noun,
cricketing adjective.

– origin C16: of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cricket2

▶noun an insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs, of which the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound. [Family Gryllidae: many species.]

■ used in names of similar insects of related families, e.g. bush cricket.

– origin ME: from OFr. criquet, from criquer ‘to crackle’, of imitative origin.