Plural of cricket
regular plural
The plural of cricket is crickets.
Forms of cricket
| Singular | cricket /ˈkɹɪkɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | crickets /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/ |
| Countable | countable |
Crickets in a sentence
- We asked for an explanation, but all we got was crickets.From the entry crickets
- In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 52. From the entry katydid
- He ceded a moment to the daffodilly breeze and the sound of crickets before answering.2015, Nick Tosches, chapter 31, in Under Tiberius: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 273. From the entry daffodilly
- “And then, like that wasn't enough, I ended up with a raging case of crotch crickets.2006 October 8, Jackson Publick & Doc Hammer, “Showdown at Cremation Creek, Part 1” (16:48 from the start), in The Venture Bros., season…. From the entry crotch crickets
- Grylloidea contains the familiar crickets (Gryllidae) as well as the mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and ant crickets (Myrmecophilidae).2005, David Grimaldi, Evolution of the Insects, page 209. From the entry ant cricket
Meaning of cricket
- noun An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
- noun In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
- noun A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
Questions about the plural of cricket
- What is the plural of cricket?
- The plural of cricket is crickets.
- Is cricket countable?
- Cricket is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cricket (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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