crickets
Syllables: crick·etsUK/ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/
crickets noun: used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication. Also the plural of cricket.
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Noun
crickets
- Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication.
- to hear crickets
- Since then, I've received no response. Not a word. Just… crickets.
Interjection
- Expressing mild annoyance or surprise.
- Seraphina. You have more money, Betsy, than you will know how to spend; all your own. / Betsy. Oh, gracious! Won't I have as much dinner as I can eat every day! / Mrs. Green. Yes, my love, you can have everything you wish for. / Betsy. Oh, crickets!1859, S[arah] Annie Frost, “Misfortune”, in Parlor Charades and Proverbs: Intended for the Parlor or Saloon, and Requiring No Expensive Apparatus of Scenery or Properties for Their Performance...
- "Oh Crickets! I seen you at the The-ayter one Night," she said. "I was there with Ollie Pozozzle of Minneapolis. Me and him come out just behind you. […]"1902, George Ade, “The Fable of the Long-range Lover, the Lollypaloozer, and the Line of Talk”, in The Girl Proposition. A Bunch of He and She Fables, New York, N.Y.: R. H. Russell, OCLC 776243245...
Also used as
crickets is also the plural of cricket.
crickets meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
crickets in Hindi
- क्रिकेटों
crickets in Tamil
- கிரிக்கெட்கள், கிரிக்கெட்டுகள்
crickets in Urdu
- کرکٹز, کرکٹس
crickets in Malayalam
- ക്രിക്കറ്റുകൾ
More languagesFewer languages
- crickets in Kannada
- ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ಗಳು
- crickets in Punjabi
- ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟਸ, ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟਜ਼
- crickets in Nepali
- क्रिकेटहरू
Examples of crickets in a sentence
- We asked for an explanation, but all we got was crickets.
- Four million less than five point three million, i.e., something in the one-to-one-and-a-half range." / "Oh." / Crickets.2007, Jill Kargman, Momzillas, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN:
- Everyone was getting very tired. / "Oh crickets!2014, Patricia Arnold, chapter 3, in Brooke and the Fairy Merry Christmas (The Magical Murphy Farm; 5), [s.l.]: Marquette Press:
Origin of crickets
Sense 2 is derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet.
See Jiminy Cricket.
Words formed from crickets
Phrases with crickets
Words that rhyme with crickets
Questions about crickets
- What does crickets mean?
- Crickets means used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence where meaningful sound is expected; lack of response; no communication.
- What is crickets in Hindi?
- Crickets in Hindi is क्रिकेटों. See Crickets meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use crickets in a sentence?
- We asked for an explanation, but all we got was crickets.
- What part of speech is crickets?
- Crickets can be a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce crickets?
- Crickets is pronounced /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/ (UK).
Words near crickets in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crickets (page history and authors); crickets (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); crickets (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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