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Similar words: picket · ticket · wicked · wicker · cricket · rickets · rickety · thicket · bicker · bucket
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wicket

1. noun SPOR stumps2. noun SPOR pitch3. noun small gate4. noun SPOR croquet hoop5. noun ENG to control flow in lock etc
phrases
1 noun SPOR stumpsgeaitín masc4  c m u 2 noun SPOR pitchstráice masc4  c m u 3 (also wicket gate) noun small gategeaitín masc4  c m u 4 noun SPOR croquet hoopgeaitín masc4  c m u 5 noun ENG to control flow in lock etcgeaitín masc4  c m u
phrases

to be on a losing wicket

informal an scéal a bheith ag dul i do choinnean taoide a bheith casta i do choinne

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Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • fall »
    forty wickets fell on that day cuireadh daichead slacaí amach an lá sin
  • fall »
    the fall of a wicket leagan geaitín
  • sticky »
    to be on a sticky wicket bheith i ndroch-chaoi, bheith ar anchaoi, bheith i gcruachás
  • take »
    he took three wickets in the same over thóg sé trí gheaitín sa chor céanna
  • tumble »
    the wickets tumbled in quick succession thit na geaitíní go tapa i ndiaidh a chéile
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