A cricket of the species Acheta domestica.

Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.

(transitive) To move back and forth over or through. / (transitive) To mark with crossed lines.

(countable) A pattern of crossed lines. / (countable) A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

Marked with crossed lines.

Crossing one another.

(physics) the milky turbidity observed in a fluid as it is slowly cooled to just above its critical point, at which point two clear phases (gas and liquid) form

(physics) The amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. / (figuratively) The tipping point.

(thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.

A large dark wingless katydid, Anabrus simplex, that resembles a cricket and is found in the arid parts of the western U.S. where it is occasionally an abundant pest of crops.