noun
wicket
WIH-kiht
noun
1
A small door or gate, often set within a larger one.
"Visitors could enter through a small wicket beside the main gate."
"The old churchyard had a wicket gate at its edge."
2
A service window at a bank, station, or similar counter.
"Please pay at the wicket to your left."
"She bought her ticket at the station wicket."
3
(cricket) The set of three stumps and two bails defended by the batsman, or a batsman's dismissal.
"The bowler took his third wicket of the match."
"The batsman was clean bowled, losing his wicket for nothing."
How to Use Wicket
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small gate or service window in everyday use; in cricket, the stumps a bowler aims at or the loss of a batsman.
Common pairings
take a wicket
lose a wicket
wicket gate
Word Forms
wickets plural
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Etymology
From Old Northern French wiket, ultimately from an Old Norse word meaning "to turn" or "yield", related to modern French guichet.