ˈwɪkɪt n. 1 Cricket a a set of
three stumps
with the bails in
position defended by a
batsman. b the ground
between two wickets. c the
state of
this (a
slow wicket). d an
instance of a batsman
being got out (bowler
has taken
four wickets). e a
pair of batsmen
batting at the
same time (a third-wicket partnership). 2 (in full wicket-door or -gate) a
small door or gate
esp.
beside or in a larger
one or closing the lower
part only of a
doorway. 3 US an
aperture in a door or
wall usu.
closed with a sliding
panel. 4 US a
croquet hoop. øat the wicket Cricket 1 batting. 2 by the wicket-keeper (caught at the wicket).
keep wicket Cricket be a wicket-keeper. on a
good (or sticky) wicket colloq. in a
favourable (or unfavourable) position. wicket-keeper Cricket the
fieldsman stationed close
behind a batsman's wicket. [ME f. AF & ONF wiket, OF guichet, of uncert. orig.]