Post by t-bob on Jun 30, 2019 9:44:02 GMT -5
cricket1
—noun
any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket).
a small metal toy with a flat metal spring that snaps back and forth with a clicking, cricketlike noise when pressed.
Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English criket insect < Old French criquet, equivalent to criqu(er) to creak (imitative) + -et -et
—Related forms
crick·et·like, adjective
cricket2
—noun
a game, popular especially in England, for two teams of 11 members each that is played on a field having two wickets 22 yards (20 meters) apart, the object being to score runs by batting the ball far enough so that one is enabled to exchange wickets with the batsman defending the opposite wicket before the ball is recovered.
fair play; honorable conduct:
It wouldn't be cricket to look at his cards.
—verb (used without object)
to play cricket.
Origin: 1590–1600; < Middle French criquet goal post, perhaps < early Dutch krick(e) arm, crosspiece, gallows
—Related forms
crick·et·er, noun
cricket3
—noun
a small, low stool.
Origin: First recorded in 1635–45; of obscure origin; compare cracket, with same sense
cricket4
—noun
(on a sloping roof) a small roof for diverting rain water around an obstruction, as a chimney.
Origin: of uncertain origin
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JUBILANT
verb (used without object)
1. to celebrate a joyful occasion.
Quotes
... spectators mill around, dance, and jubilate in Imelda’s rise to power, while feeling uneasy about how much fun they’re having. -- Michael Schulman, "Bling Ring," The New Yorker, May 6, 2013 Then there were their children, the sabras, blond, husky women, and men: earnest people for all that they could dance and jubilate. -- Belva Plain, Evergreen, 1978
Origin
The verb jubilate sounds as if it must have a Hebrew origin from its being the first word of Psalms 65 and 100 in the Vulgate: Jūbilāte “Shout for joy.” But the Latin verb jūbilāre is a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root yū-, yu- “to shout in exultation,” from which Greek derives iýzein “to shout aloud” (with several derivatives), and Middle High German derives jū and jūch, expressions of joy. Jubilate entered English in the early 17th century.
—noun
any of several jumping, orthopterous insects of the family Gryllidae, characterized by long antennae and stridulating organs on the forewings of the male, as one of the species commonly found in pastures and meadows (field cricket) or on trees and shrubs (tree cricket).
a small metal toy with a flat metal spring that snaps back and forth with a clicking, cricketlike noise when pressed.
Origin: 1275–1325; Middle English criket insect < Old French criquet, equivalent to criqu(er) to creak (imitative) + -et -et
—Related forms
crick·et·like, adjective
cricket2
—noun
a game, popular especially in England, for two teams of 11 members each that is played on a field having two wickets 22 yards (20 meters) apart, the object being to score runs by batting the ball far enough so that one is enabled to exchange wickets with the batsman defending the opposite wicket before the ball is recovered.
fair play; honorable conduct:
It wouldn't be cricket to look at his cards.
—verb (used without object)
to play cricket.
Origin: 1590–1600; < Middle French criquet goal post, perhaps < early Dutch krick(e) arm, crosspiece, gallows
—Related forms
crick·et·er, noun
cricket3
—noun
a small, low stool.
Origin: First recorded in 1635–45; of obscure origin; compare cracket, with same sense
cricket4
—noun
(on a sloping roof) a small roof for diverting rain water around an obstruction, as a chimney.
Origin: of uncertain origin
____________
JUBILANT
verb (used without object)
1. to celebrate a joyful occasion.
Quotes
... spectators mill around, dance, and jubilate in Imelda’s rise to power, while feeling uneasy about how much fun they’re having. -- Michael Schulman, "Bling Ring," The New Yorker, May 6, 2013 Then there were their children, the sabras, blond, husky women, and men: earnest people for all that they could dance and jubilate. -- Belva Plain, Evergreen, 1978
Origin
The verb jubilate sounds as if it must have a Hebrew origin from its being the first word of Psalms 65 and 100 in the Vulgate: Jūbilāte “Shout for joy.” But the Latin verb jūbilāre is a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root yū-, yu- “to shout in exultation,” from which Greek derives iýzein “to shout aloud” (with several derivatives), and Middle High German derives jū and jūch, expressions of joy. Jubilate entered English in the early 17th century.