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WICKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Meronyms (parts of "wicket"):
stump ((cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)
Synonyms:
wicket; wicket door; wicket gate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):
gate (a movable barrier in a fence or wall)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small arch used as croquet equipment
Synonyms:
hoop; wicket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):
croquet equipment (sports equipment used in playing croquet)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):
cricket equipment (sports equipment used in playing cricket)
Context examples:
The English played well, but the Americans played better, and contested every inch of the ground as strongly as if the spirit of '76 inspired them. Jo and Fred had several skirmishes and once narrowly escaped high words. Jo was through the last wicket and had missed the stroke, which failure ruffled her a good deal. Fred was close behind her and his turn came before hers. He gave a stroke, his ball hit the wicket, and stopped an inch on the wrong side. No one was very near, and running up to examine, he gave it a sly nudge with his toe, which put it just an inch on the right side.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The great gates were closed and locked; but a wicket in one of them was only latched.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Jo opened her lips to say something rude, but checked herself in time, colored up to her forehead and stood a minute, hammering down a wicket with all her might, while Fred hit the stake and declared himself out with much exultation.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Go in by the shrubbery, through that wicket.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I make for the wicket leading to the shrubbery, and I see Mr. Rochester entering.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He had already withdrawn his eye from the Peri, and was looking at a humble tuft of daisies which grew by the wicket.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Again a whitish object gleamed before me: it was a gate—a wicket; it moved on its hinges as I touched it.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was sheepishly retreating also; but Mr. Rochester followed me, and when we reached the wicket, he said—Turn back: on so lovely a night it is a shame to sit in the house; and surely no one can wish to go to bed while sunset is thus at meeting with moonrise.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I hid my eyes, and leant my head against the stone frame of my door; but soon a slight noise near the wicket which shut in my tiny garden from the meadow beyond it made me look up.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
