wick‧et /ˈwɪkət, ˈwɪkɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old North French; Origin: wiket]
one of two sets of three wooden sticks that are stuck in the ground in a game of cricket, which the bowler tries to hit with the ball ⇒ stump, bail ⇒ be on a sticky wicket at sticky

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