'Croquet' definitions:
Definition of 'croquet'
(from WordNet)
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
verb
Drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
verb
Play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
Definition of 'Croquet'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Croquet'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of croqueting. [1913 Webster]