WICKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wicket mean? 

• WICKET (noun)
  The noun WICKET has 4 senses:

1. cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

2. a small arch used as croquet equipment

3. small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

4. small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

  Familiarity information: WICKET used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WICKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):

cricket equipment (sports equipment used in playing cricket)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small arch used as croquet equipment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hoop; wicket

Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):

croquet equipment (sports equipment used in playing croquet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Small gate or door (especially one that is part of a larger door)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wicket; wicket door; wicket gate

Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):

gate (a movable barrier in a fence or wall)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grille; lattice; wicket

Hypernyms ("wicket" is a kind of...):

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

Meronyms (parts of "wicket"):

stump ((cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket)

 Context examples 

Both he and I had our backs towards the path leading up the field to the wicket.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

At sunset the tent was struck, hampers packed, wickets pulled up, boats loaded, and the whole party floated down the river, singing at the tops of their voices.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Looking back as I turned into the front garden, I saw Mr. Murdstone leaning against the wicket of the churchyard, and Mr. Quinion talking to him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

As I passed out through the wicket gate, however, I found my acquaintance of the morning waiting in the shadow upon the other side.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then they went through all the rooms, till they came to a door on which were three locks: but in the middle of the door was a wicket, so that they could look into the next room.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

At the churchyard wicket he stopped: he discovered I was quite out of breath.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was not far to Longmeadow, but the tent was pitched and the wickets down by the time they arrived.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Hannah soon had a lantern lit. The vehicle had stopped at the wicket; the driver opened the door: first one well-known form, then another, stepped out.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)