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Webster 1913 Edition
Croquet
Cro-quet′
(kr?-k?′)
, Noun.
[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′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Croqueted
(-k?d)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Croqueting
(-k?′?ng)
.] 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.
Definition 2024
croquet
croquet
English
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.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
game
shot
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croquette — see 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.
Translations
to drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
croquet c (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)
- Superseded spelling of kroket.
Usage notes
- The spelling croquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.