Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to cricket.
  • interjection Alternative form of crikey.
  • noun A sound.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to crickets
  • adjective Full of crickets

Etymologies

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cricket (“sport”) +‎ -y

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Onomatopoeia

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cricket (“insect”) +‎ -y

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Examples

  • They sound kind of crickety, but they're called spring peepers.

    CHARTattack:News Feed 2009

  • They sound kind of crickety, but they're called spring peepers.

    CHARTattack:News Feed 2009

  • Thank you merciful Lord for sparing us another batch of crickety coffee-shop escapees like last season's mess.

    Watercooler: Idol Worship or Worse Off? 2011

  • Randy was practically throwing his panties over Paul McDonald's weird, crickety take on "Old Time Rock and Roll," while Jennifer somehow thought that Stefano's double-cheese rendition of "End of the Road" was proof that he's "got it."

    Watercooler: The Idol Judges Need to Toughen Up 2011

  • Cricket continues to resist all those who would bring a crickety console game to market.

    International Cricket 2010 2010

  • Ben perched on a great mound of things, for all we owned, from the lumber for our stage to the tents in which we sometimes slept, the properties and costumes and curtains and all, crammed the wagon to overflowing, and crowning the heap sat crickety, cursing old Ben.

    The Secret of the Sealed Room Bailey MacDonald 2010

  • Ben perched on a great mound of things, for all we owned, from the lumber for our stage to the tents in which we sometimes slept, the properties and costumes and curtains and all, crammed the wagon to overflowing, and crowning the heap sat crickety, cursing old Ben.

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • Ben perched on a great mound of things, for all we owned, from the lumber for our stage to the tents in which we sometimes slept, the properties and costumes and curtains and all, crammed the wagon to overflowing, and crowning the heap sat crickety, cursing old Ben.

    Wicked Will Bailey MacDonald 2009

  • Instead decide to gather around you as many "long term happiness lottery tickets" which will set you up for life, well into your crickety old age.

    Karen Salmansohn: How To Win The Metaphorical Happiness Lottery 2008

  • I fear and dread crickets, because of a bad crickety experience that scarred me for life, so this was a bad discovery just now.

    wilberteets Diary Entry wilberteets 2005

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