wicketkeep

English

Verb

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

1. (cricket) To act as a wicketkeeper.

   Synonym: keep wicket

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

     The boy can seriously wicketkeep, but he can only just bat, and like Darren Berry before him he was born in the wrong generation.

   • 2021 January 4, Scott Bailey, “Wade happy to live by opening move”, in The West Australian‎^[1]:

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

Anagrams

• keep wicket