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wicketkeeper

wicketkeeper noun: a player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.

wicketkeeper: a player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman
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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
    • The fielder clad in armour who squats behind the batsman should be respected as a specialist and not treated as a dabbler. The wicketkeeper controls the mood around the pitch. His gloves hold most of the catches, his voice accompanies every appeal. He is the factory foreman, responsible for every...2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 210
    Synonyms:
    keeper, wickie

wicketkeeper meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Gujarati

wicketkeeper in Tamil

தடுப்பர்

wicketkeeper in Marathi

wicketkeeper
यष्टिरक्षक yaṣṭirakṣak

wicketkeeper in Gujarati

A player positioned behind the batsman ready to catch the ball, or to the batsman.
વિકેટકીપર vikeṭkīpar

Synonyms of wicketkeeper

Forms of wicketkeeper

pluralwicketkeepers
alternative formwicket-keeper

Origin of wicketkeeper

From wicket + keeper.

Words formed from wicketkeeper

Questions about wicketkeeper

What does wicketkeeper mean?
Wicketkeeper means a player who stands behind the batsman’s wicket ready to catch the ball, or to stump the batsman.
What is wicketkeeper in Tamil?
Wicketkeeper in Tamil is தடுப்பர். See Wicketkeeper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wicketkeeper?
Wicketkeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of wicketkeeper?
The plural of wicketkeeper is wicketkeepers.

Words near wicketkeeper in the dictionary

  1. wicket maidens
  2. wicket taker
  3. wicket takers
  4. wicket-keeping gloves
  5. wicketkeep
  6. wicketkeeper
  7. wicketkeepers
  8. wicketkeeping
  9. wicketless
  10. wickets
  11. Wickett

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wicketkeeper (page history and authors); wicketkeeper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); यष्टिरक्षक (Marathi) (page history and authors). 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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