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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
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
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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