English words starting with cri

Meanings of Cri:

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…

Meanings of Crib:

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

Meanings of Cribbage:

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…

Meanings of Cribbages:

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…

Meanings of Cribbed:

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

Meanings of Cribbing:

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

Meanings of Cribbings:

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

Meanings of Cribella:

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.

Meanings of Cribellum:

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.

Meanings of Cribo:

noun

Another term for indigo snake.

Meanings of Cribriform:

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…

Meanings of Cribs:

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

Meanings of Cribwork:

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

Meanings of Cribworks:

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

Meanings of Crick:

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

Meanings of Cricked:

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

Meanings of Cricket:

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…

Meanings of Cricketer:

noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer

Meanings of Cricketers:

noun

A person who plays cricket.

Usage examples:

He is a very young and talented cricketer

Meanings of Cricketing:

adjective

Relating to the playing of cricket.

Usage examples:

A true cricketing legend

Meanings of Crickets:

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…

Meanings of Crickets:

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…

Meanings of Crickety:

adjective

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

Meanings of Cricking:

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.

Meanings of Crickle:

noun

A thin, sharp crackling sound.

verb

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