STICKY WICKET meaning: Challenging situation in cricket, metaphorically

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sticky wicket: Merriam-Webster
sticky wicket: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sticky wicket: Collins English Dictionary
sticky wicket: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sticky wicket: Wiktionary
sticky wicket: Infoplease Dictionary
sticky wicket: Dictionary.com
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sticky wicket: TheFreeDictionary.com
Sticky wicket: World Wide Words

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sticky wicket: Encyclopedia

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sticky wicket: A Word A Day

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sticky wicket: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
sticky wicket: Urban Dictionary

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Sticky Wicket: Croquet
Sticky wicket: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sticky wicket)

▸ noun: (cricket) A pitch that has become wet because of rain and therefore on which the ball bounces unpredictably.
▸ noun: (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A difficult or unpredictable situation.

Similar:

minefield, wicket, rough, turner, grubber, wild pitch, Jaffa, wickie, caught behind, track, more...

Opposite:

easy situation, favorable situation

Adjectives:

timed out, square, o, caught, stumped, bumper, single, first class, quick, tosh, tea

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