cricket

cricket
{{11}}cricket (1) the insect, early 14c., from O.Fr. criquet (12c.) "a cricket," from criquer "to creak, rattle, crackle," of echoic origin.
{{12}}cricket (2) the game, 1590s, apparently from O.Fr. criquet "goal post, stick," perhaps from M.Du./M.Flem. cricke "stick, staff," perhaps from the same root as CRUTCH (Cf. crutch). Sense of "fair play" is first recorded 1851, on notion of "cricket as it should be played."

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