Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cricket
Participle: cricketed
Gerund: cricketing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cricket |
| you | cricket |
| he;she;it | crickets |
| we | cricket |
| you | cricket |
| they | cricket |
Perfect
| I | have cricketed |
| you | have cricketed |
| he;she;it | has cricketed |
| we | have cricketed |
| you | have cricketed |
| they | have cricketed |
Past
| I | cricketed |
| you | cricketed |
| he;she;it | cricketed |
| we | cricketed |
| you | cricketed |
| they | cricketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cricketed |
| you | had cricketed |
| he;she;it | had cricketed |
| we | had cricketed |
| you | had cricketed |
| they | had cricketed |
Future
| I | will cricket |
| you | will cricket |
| he;she;it | will cricket |
| we | will cricket |
| you | will cricket |
| they | will cricket |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cricketed |
| you | will have cricketed |
| he;she;it | will have cricketed |
| we | will have cricketed |
| you | will have cricketed |
| they | will have cricketed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cricket |
| you | cricket |
| he;she;it | cricket |
| we | cricket |
| you | cricket |
| they | cricket |
Perfect
| I | have cricketed |
| you | have cricketed |
| he;she;it | have cricketed |
| we | have cricketed |
| you | have cricketed |
| they | have cricketed |
Imperfect
| I | cricketed |
| you | cricketed |
| he;she;it | cricketed |
| we | cricketed |
| you | cricketed |
| they | cricketed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cricketed |
| you | had cricketed |
| he;she;it | had cricketed |
| we | had cricketed |
| you | had cricketed |
| they | had cricketed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cricket |
| you | would cricket |
| he;she;it | would cricket |
| we | would cricket |
| you | would cricket |
| they | would cricket |
Perfect
| I | would have cricketed |
| you | would have cricketed |
| he;she;it | would have cricketed |
| we | would have cricketed |
| you | would have cricketed |
| they | would have cricketed |
Imperative
| you | cricket |
| we | Let's cricket |
| you | cricket |
Verbs conjugated like 'cricket'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cricket'
bracket,
chicken,
clacket,
crick,
crochet,
picket,
racket,
rocket,
ticket,
trinket,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "insect," c.1325, from O.Fr.
criquet (12c.), from
criquer "to creak, rattle, crackle," of echoic origin.
2. Perhaps from a Flemish dialect of Dutch met de krik ketsen (“to chase a ball with a curved stick”). See: Dutch '
met de krik ketsen'.
Sample Sentences
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Judge: Your family is in destitute circumstances. How do you get your living?
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Bannerman: By cricketing, your Worship. [1891 May 27, "A Cricketer in Low Circumstances", The Evening News (Sydney); cited in "What do we know about the first Test cricketer?", ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2016]