crane vs cricket

crane

noun
  • Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. 

  • A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs. 

  • An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire. 

  • Ardea herodias, the great blue heron. 

  • A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. 

  • A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes. 

verb
  • To pull up before a jump. 

  • To extend (one's neck). 

  • To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane. 

cricket

noun
  • 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 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. 

  • 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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