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wicket



wicket [wicket wickets] BrE [ˈwɪkɪt] NAmE [ˈwɪkɪt] noun
(in ↑cricket)
1. either of the two sets of three vertical sticks (called ↑stumps) with pieces of wood (called ↑bails) lying across the top. The ↑bowler tries to hit the wicket with the ball.
2. the area of ground between the two wickets
more at a sticky wicket at sticky adv.
Idiom:keep wicket

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘small door or grille’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja ‘to turn, move’. The current cricket senses date from the late 17th cent.

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