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English dictionary: words starting with cri

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noun

Something or someone that is very fashionable, new, and modern. dernier cri is french, meaning "last cry"

Usage examples:

This is the dernier cri in sports headgear., monet and pissarro were the dernier cri of art in 1889…
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child
verb

Short for cribbage.

Usage examples:

He would play crib with zest
noun

A card game, usually for two players, in which the objective is to play so that the pip value of one's cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31.

Usage examples:

Double cribbage is four player cribbage with fixed partnerships; five cards each are dealt, one bei…
noun

A card game, usually for two players, in which the objective is to play so that the pip value of one's cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31.

Usage examples:

Double cribbage is four player cribbage with fixed partnerships; five cards each are dealt, one bei…
verb

Copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement.

Usage examples:

He was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

Past simple and past participle of crib informal disapproving

verb

Copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement.

Usage examples:

He was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

Present participle of crib informal disapproving

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child
verb

Copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement.

Usage examples:

He was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him
noun

(in some spiders) an additional spinning organ with numerous fine pores, situated in front of the spinnerets.

Usage examples:

The cribellum is a cigar-shaped plate on the underside of the abdomen, in front of the spinnerets.
noun

(in some spiders) an additional spinning organ with numerous fine pores, situated in front of the spinnerets.

Usage examples:

The cribellum is a cigar-shaped plate on the underside of the abdomen, in front of the spinnerets.
noun

Another term for indigo snake.

adjective

Denoting an anatomical structure that is pierced by numerous small holes, in particular the plate of the ethmoid bone through which the olfactory nerves pass.

Usage examples:

Olfactory nerve fibers enter the cranial cavity through foramina in the cribriform plate of the eth…
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child
verb

Short for cribbage.

Usage examples:

He would play crib with zest
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child
noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

Crick

krɪk
noun

A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back.

Usage examples:

Adam woke up quite early thanks to a painful crick in his neck.
verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck

Cricked

krɪk
adjective

(of the neck or back) painfully stiff from being twisted or strained.

Usage examples:

He suffered a cricked neck during tackling practice
verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck
noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…
noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer
noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer
adjective

Relating to the playing of cricket.

Usage examples:

A true cricketing legend
noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…
idiom

No reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written answer

Usage examples:

Don't you hate when you're talking to a group of people and you ask them a question and you get cri…
noun

An insect related to the grasshoppers but with shorter legs. the male produces a characteristic musical chirping sound.

Usage examples:

The warm summer air whipped through chris' open window blowing with it the sounds of crickets chirp…
adjective

Of or relating to the game of cricket; resembling cricket.

verb

Twist or strain (one's neck or back), causing painful stiffness.

Usage examples:

I turned my head so quickly that i cricked my neck
noun

A painful stiff feeling in the neck or back.

Usage examples:

Adam woke up quite early thanks to a painful crick in his neck.
noun

A thin, sharp crackling sound.

verb

To make a thin, sharp sound; to emit a succession of such sounds.

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