fall vs wicket

fall

noun
  • The action of a batsman being out. 

  • A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc. 

  • The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural). 

  • An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells. 

  • The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity. 

  • An instance of a wrestler being pinned to the mat. 

  • A short, flexible piece of leather forming part of a bullwhip, placed between the thong and the cracker. 

  • The lid, on a piano, that covers the keyboard 

  • A defect in the ice which causes stones thrown into an area to drift in a given direction. 

  • A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover hair loss. 

  • Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed. 

  • The chasing of a hunted whale. 

  • A loss of greatness or status. 

  • That which falls or cascades. 

intj
  • The cry given when a whale is sighted, or harpooned. 

verb
  • To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated. 

  • To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face. 

  • To come as if by dropping down. 

  • To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry. 

  • To occur (on a certain day of the week, date, or similar); to happen. 

  • To become. 

  • To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity. 

  • To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon). 

  • To be dropped or uttered carelessly. 

  • To be brought to the ground. 

  • To die, especially in battle or by disease. 

  • To become lower (in quantity, pitch, etc.). 

  • To hang down (under the influence of gravity). 

  • To come to the ground deliberately, to prostrate oneself. 

  • To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before. 

  • To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance. 

  • To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin. 

  • To come down, to drop or descend. 

wicket

noun
  • A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out. 

  • An angle bracket when used in HTML. 

  • Any of the small arches through which the balls are driven. 

  • A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to. 

  • A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. 

  • A small window or other opening, sometimes fitted with a grating. 

  • A device to measure the height of animals, usually dogs. 

  • A service window, as in a bank or train station, where a customer conducts transactions with a teller 

  • The pitch. 

  • a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc. 

  • One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman. 

  • The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand. 

  • A shelter made from tree boughs, used by lumbermen. 

  • The period during which two batsmen bat together. 

  • The space between the pillars, in post-and-stall working. 

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