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wicket keeper

wicket keeper is the alternative form of wicketkeeper.

Meaning of wicketkeeper

Noun

wicketkeeper (plural wicketkeepers)

  1. A player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.
    • England's wicket-keeper in the 50s, he was fearless about standing on the stumps to fastish bowlers[.]1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 207
    Synonyms:
    keeper, wickie

Forms of wicket keeper

pluralwicket keepers

Questions about wicket keeper

What is wicket keeper the alternative form of?
Wicket keeper is the alternative form of wicketkeeper.

Words near wicket keeper in the dictionary

  1. Wickes
  2. wickest
  3. wicket
  4. wicket gate
  5. wicket gates
  6. wicket keeper
  7. wicket keepers
  8. wicket maiden
  9. wicket maidens
  10. wicket taker
  11. wicket takers

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