Croquet

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croquet \Cro*quet"\ (kr?-k?"), n. [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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
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     2. The act of croqueting.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croquet \Cro*quet"\, v. 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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  croquet
       n : 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
       v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the
            opponent's ball"
       2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a
          series of hoops