CROQUET

croquet

(noun) a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg

croquet

(verb) play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

croquet

(verb) drive away by hitting with one’s ball; “croquet the opponent’s ball”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

croquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)

(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).

(countable, games) A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

(countable) A croquette.

Verb

croquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)

(transitive, games) To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cro*quet" (kr-k"), n. Etym: [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.]

1. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.

2. The act of croqueting.

Cro*quet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Croqueted (-kd); p. pr. & vb. n. Croqueting (-k"ng).]

Definition: In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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