Cricket vs. Skipper

Cricketnoun

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.

Cricketnoun

In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.

Cricketnoun

A wooden footstool.

Cricketnoun

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

Cricketnoun

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.

Cricketnoun

(sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.

Cricketnoun

An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.

Cricketverb

To play the game of cricket.

Cricketnoun

An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

Cricketnoun

A low stool.

Cricketnoun

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

Cricketnoun

A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Cricketverb

To play at cricket.

Cricketnoun

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

Cricketnoun

a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

Cricketverb

play cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat (and running between the wickets), while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are ).

Skippernoun

(nautical) The master of a ship.

Skippernoun

A coach, director, or other leader.

Skippernoun

(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

Skippernoun

Agent noun of skip: one who skips.

Skippernoun

A person who skips, or fails to attend class.

Skippernoun

Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.

Skippernoun

Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.

Skippernoun

(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.

Skippernoun

The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.

Skippernoun

A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.

Skipperverb

(transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.

Skipperverb

(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

Skippernoun

One who, or that which, skips.

Skippernoun

A young, thoughtless person.

Skippernoun

The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

Skippernoun

The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

Skippernoun

Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; - so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

Skippernoun

The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

Skippernoun

A ship boy.

Skippernoun

a student who fails to attend classes

Skippernoun

an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

Skippernoun

the naval officer in command of a military ship

Skipperverb

work as the skipper on a vessel