belt vs cricket

belt

noun
  • The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist. 

  • A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object. 

  • A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. 

  • One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds. 

  • A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt. 

  • A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon. 

  • A quick drink of liquor. 

  • A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts. 

  • Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe. 

  • A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star. 

  • A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt). 

  • A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice. 

  • A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power. 

  • A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces. 

verb
  • To fasten a belt on. 

  • To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood. 

  • To hit with a belt. 

  • To scream or sing in a loud manner. 

  • To move very fast. 

  • To encircle. 

  • To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run. 

  • To hit someone or something. 

  • To drink quickly, often in gulps. 

cricket

noun
  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

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