[ˈwɪkɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of the pitch, defended by a batter

- a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a larger one

- a croquet hoop


Phrases:
- a sticky wicket
- at the wicket
- keep wicket
- lose a wicket
- over the wicket
- round the wicket
- take a wicket

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘small door or grille’): from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French wiket; origin uncertain, usually referred to the Germanic root of Old Norse vīkja ‘to turn, move’. Cricket senses date from the late 17th century