different between crickety vs crickets

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

cricket (“insect”) +? -y

Adjective

crickety (comparative more crickety, superlative most crickety)

1. Of or pertaining to crickets.
2. Full of crickets.

   a crickety night

Etymology 2

cricket (“sport”) +? -y

Adjective

crickety (comparative more crickety, superlative most crickety)

1. (informal) Of or pertaining to the sport of cricket.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

crickety

1. Alternative form of crikey

Derived terms

• by crickety

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k?ts/
• Hyphenation: crick?ets

Etymology 1

Sense 2 is derived from the cinematic metaphor of chirping crickets at night, signaling (otherwise) complete quiet.

Noun

crickets

1. plural of cricket.
2. (US, Canada, slang, humorous) Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence; no communication.

See also

• stridulation

Etymology 2

Interjection

crickets

1. Expressing mild annoyance or surprise.
   • 1902, George Ade, “The Fable of the Long-range Lover, the Lollypaloozer, and the Line of Talk”, in The Girl Proposition. A Bunch of He and She Fables, New York, N.Y.: R. H. Russell, OCLC 776243245; republished Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Literature House, 1969, OCLC 695700303, page 9:

     "Oh Crickets! I seen you at the The-ayter one Night," she said. "I was there with Ollie Pozozzle of Minneapolis. Me and him come out just behind you. […]"

Swedish

Noun

crickets

1. indefinite genitive singular of cricket