Wicket
From Mereja Words
English
Noun
Wicket (plural Wickets)- A small door or gate, especially one associated with a larger one
- A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating
- (UK) A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller; a ticket barrier at a rail station.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman
- (cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out
- (cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together
- (cricket) The pitch
- (cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand
- (Croquet) Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven
- (skiing, snowboarding): A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
- (Internet, informal) an angle bracket when used in HTML
Thesaurus
bay, bay window, bow window, casement, casement window, fan window, fanlight, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, oriel, pane, picture window, port, porthole, rose window, skylight, transom, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane
Etymology
From Old Northern French viquet, from Old Norse (specifically, Old East Norse) víkjas.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwɪkɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪkɪt
