*crickets chirp*

Used to point out or emphasise silence. (Well, not precisely silence, since chirping crickets make sound. But you get it.)

The idea is that you can only hear crickets when there are no other sounds, such as conversation or laughter. Often used to denote the awkward pause after a bad joke.

Joe: What's the sound of two drums and a cymbal falling over a cliff?
Ted: *tiredly* I don't know, Joe. What is the sound of two drums and a cymbal falling over a cliff?
Joe: baDUM-ksh!

*crickets chirp*

Joe: ...Oh, come on. That was funny.

by Lady Chevalier May 26, 2005

cue the crickets

1. A description of a quiet and sudden pause or lull in a conversation, following an inappropriate, embarrassing or really dumb comment, or comment on a subject no one cares about. Derived from a quiet setting ("cued" on a Hollywood or TV set), where the only sound is that of crickets in the background.

So did anyone catch that Paris Hilton post-jail interview?
(Cue the crickets)

by doubleyouj July 31, 2007

cricketry

The act of being a cricket. Doing cricket-like things.

When people play with puppets, it's called puppetry, when crickets build castles or get together to rub their feet together to chirp, it's called cricketry. Not to be confused with trickery.

by cdafox June 7, 2010

Cricketcore

A genre of music in where the vocalist impersonates a cricket being brutally tortured.

Crepitation is an awesome cricketcore band!

by AaronXAttack March 21, 2010

Cricket ball throw away

A unit of distance measurement meaning, not very far.

While looking at Google maps

"How far away from the nightlife are way staying in Palma de Mallorca?"

"Oh, just a cricket ball throw away!"

by Lollen July 2, 2018

pickle cricket

An African American youth that utilizes a pickle bucket as a drum.

I was trying to enjoy the ball game, but the pickle crickets kept making too much noise.

by Curt ligot March 4, 2008

Sniff Cricket

A game to be played by lads on a night out where they attempt to sniff parts of the female anatomy without being rumbled.

1 run is awarded for sniffing a girls hair.
2 runs are awarded for sniffing a girls ass.
4 runs are awarded for chewing a girls hair.
6 runs are awarded for touching a girls asscrack with your nose and sniffing.

You are declared out if you get rumbled e.g slapped in the face.

LAD with the most runs at the end of the night wins the sniff cricket trophy.

Benedict: (entering nightclub/bar) Right lads lets start a game of sniff cricket.

Warren: Woaaa did you see Geoffrey go straight for the six.

Geoffrey: I'll be back in a minute boys I need to be sick that ass stank!

by McFisterson December 3, 2011