wicket-keeper

1. 1.

   stands behind the wicket to catch balls

   Broadercricketer

Questions about wicket-keeper

What does wicket-keeper mean?

wicket-keeper means "stands behind the wicket to catch balls".

How many syllables are in wicket-keeper?

wicket-keeper has 4 syllables: wic-ket--kee-per. The stress falls on "ket-".

Is wicket-keeper a common word?

wicket-keeper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.