hit wicket
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noun
cricket an instance of a batsman breaking the wicket with the bat or a part of the body while playing a stroke and so being out
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How to use hit wicket in a sentence
"Hit wicket," if the batsman, in playing at the ball, hits his wicket accidentally with his bat or person.