To play the game of cricket.
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.
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.
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
To distinguish oneself; to excel.
To be immediately apparent.
To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
To reflect light.
To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
To cause to shine, as a light or by reflected light.
Shoeshine.
Brightness from reflected light.
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
Brightness from a source of light.
Moonshine; illicitly brewed alcoholic drink.
Sunshine.
A liking for a person; a fancy.
The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.