different between jacobins vs crickets
jacobins
French
Adjective
jacobins
- masculine plural of jacobin
Noun
jacobins m
- plural of jacobin
jacobins From the web:
crickets
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
- plural of cricket.
- (US, Canada, slang, humorous) Used alone or in metaphorically descriptive phrases: absolute silence; no communication.
See also
- stridulation
Etymology 2
Interjection
crickets
- 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. […]"
- 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:
Swedish
Noun
crickets
- indefinite genitive singular of cricket
crickets From the web:
- what crickets eat
- what crickets chirp
- what crickets eat and drink
- what crickets sound like
- what crickets taste like
- what crickets don't like
- what crickets mean
- what crickets make noise
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