A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt ("out"), from Proto-Germanic *ūt ("out"); and Old English ūte ("outside; without"), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai ("out; outside"); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd ("upwards, away").
Cognate with Scots oot, out, Saterland Frisian uut, uute, West Frisian út ("out"), Dutch uit ("out"), German Low German ut ("out"), German aus ("out"), Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute, Danish ud, ude.
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