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Croquet

//ˈkɹəʊkeɪ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets). uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    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
  4. 4
    A croquette. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    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. transitive
  2. 2
    play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops wordnet
  3. 3
    drive away by hitting with one's ball wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

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