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keep wicket

keep wicket verb: to act as wicket-keeper.

Verb

keep wicket (third-person singular simple present keeps wicket, present participle keeping wicket, simple past and past participle kept wicket)

  1. (intransitive) To act as wicket-keeper.
    Synonyms:
    wicketkeep

Synonyms of keep wicket

Forms of keep wicket

third-person singular presentkeeps wicket
present participlekeeping wicket
past participlekept wicket
pastkept wicket

Questions about keep wicket

What does keep wicket mean?
Keep wicket means to act as wicket-keeper.
What part of speech is keep wicket?
Keep wicket is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep wicket?
The past tense of keep wicket is kept wicket.

Words near keep wicket in the dictionary

  1. keep up with the Joneses
  2. keep up with the times
  3. keep vigil
  4. keep ward
  5. keep watch
  6. keep wicket
  7. keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
  8. keep yourself safe
  9. keep'st
  10. keep-away
  11. keep-worthy

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