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.
To play the game of cricket.
Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
Influence or power of anything put in motion.
The amount of change towards or away from something.
The genre of music associated with this dance style.
The manner in which something is swung.
The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
A dance style.
In an election, the increase or decrease in the number of votes for opposition parties compared with votes for the incumbent party.
A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
A type of hook with the arm more extended.
A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
To move one's arm in a punching motion.
To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
To move sideways in its trajectory.
To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
To turn in a different direction.
To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
To ride on a swing.
To dance.
To fluctuate or change.
(of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wife-swapping.
To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.