chip vs cricket

chip

noun
  • The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. 

  • A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle. 

  • A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate. 

  • Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 

  • A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp. 

  • A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel. 

  • A takeout that hits a rock at an angle. 

  • A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications. 

  • A token used in place of cash. 

  • A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking. 

  • A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices. 

  • A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off. 

  • A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air. 

  • A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit. 

  • A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. 

verb
  • To make fun of. 

  • To chop or cut into small pieces. 

  • To become chipped. 

  • to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power. 

  • To fit (an animal) with a microchip. 

  • To break small pieces from. 

  • To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball. 

  • to contribute. 

  • To ante (up). 

cricket

noun
  • A wooden footstool. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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

  • 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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