Croquet Definition

krō-kā
croqueted, croqueting, croquets
noun
An outdoor game in which the players use mallets to drive a wooden ball through a series of hoops placed in the ground.
Webster's New World
The act of croqueting.
Webster's New World
The act of driving away an opponent's croquet ball by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.
American Heritage

(countable) A croquette.

Wiktionary
verb
In croquet, to drive away (an opponent's ball) by hitting one's own which has been placed in contact with it.
Webster's New World

Origin of Croquet

  • French dialectal hockey stick from Old North French shepherd's crook crocket

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French or Old Northern French

    From Wiktionary

Croquet Sentence Examples

  • In Pall Mall and the neighbouring Mall in St James' Park is found the title of a game resembling croquet.

  • One motorist even admitted to storing a croquet mallet in his car.

  • Why not hob nob like a rich Edwardian and play croquet on the massive croquet lawn which is open to visitors.

  • Does having a lower class upbringing legally ban you from croquet.

  • I'd won the first game without David taking croquet.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

TETUET

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