wicket

[ wik-it ]

/ ˈwɪk ɪt /

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noun

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.

Croquet. a hoop or arch.

a turnstile in an entrance.

a small door or gate, especially one beside, or forming part of, a larger one.

a small gate by which a canal lock is emptied.

a 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.

Idioms for wicket

to be on/have/bata sticky wicket, British Slang. to be at or have a disadvantage.

Origin of wicket

1200–50; Middle English wiket < Anglo-French; Old French guischet < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch wiket wicket, equivalent to wik- (akin to Old English wīcan to yield; see weak) + -et noun suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM wicket

half-wick·et, noun

Words nearby wicket

wick, wicked, wickedness, wicker, wickerwork, wicket, wicket maiden, wicketkeeper, wicking, wickiup, wickliffe

Example sentences from the Web for wicket

A few paces ahead, the trench was crossed by a bridge (closed by a wicket gate) which connected the garden with the park.

Armadale |Wilkie Collins
Thanks stumbled on his tongue, and no word to excuse could come; so the wicket closed upon his silence.

The Unknown Sea |Clemence Housman
They stooped through the wicket, which closed after them, and Langler and I were left alone.

The Last Miracle |M. P. Shiel
The Seaton High should score at the wicket if it were in her power to coach a successful team.

The Luckiest Girl in the School |Angela Brazil

She turned and rushed into the garden, down the path and through the wicket gate towards the wood.

Mr. Marx's Secret |E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for wicket

wicket

/ (ˈwɪkɪt) /

noun

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

US a croquet hoop

cricket 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 bata third-wicket partnership
the act or instance of a batsman being got outthe bowler took six wickets

keep wicket to act as a wicketkeeper

on a sticky wicket informal in an awkward situation

Word Origin for wicket

C18: from Old Northern French wiket; related to Old Norse vikja to move

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