wicketkeep

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verb

To act as a wicketkeeper.

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keep wicket
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Meanings

verbwicketkeep (third-person singular simple present wicketkeeps, present participle wicketkeeping, simple past and past participle wicketkept)

present singular third person wicketkeeps · participle present wicketkeeping · participle past wicketkept · past wicketkept

  1. ball gamesTo act as a wicketkeeper.

    Obviously, I can wicketkeep as well if something happened to Tim.

    2021 January 4, Scott Bailey, “Wade happy to live by opening move”, in The West Australian
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    The boy can seriously wicketkeep, but he can only just bat, and like Darren Berry before him he was born in the wrong generation.

    2009, Jarrod Kimber, The Year of the Balls 2008: A Disrespective, page 33

    Synonyms: keep wicket

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo act as a wicketkeeper.

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Cite this entry
APA

wicketkeep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wicketkeep

MLA

“wicketkeep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wicketkeep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wicketkeep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wicketkeep.

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