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cro⋅quet

[kroh-key; Brit. kroh-key, -kee]

noun, verb, -queted [-keyd; Brit. -keyd, -keed]

,
-quet⋅ing [-key-ing; Brit. -key-ing, -kee-ing]

–noun

1.	a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.

2.	(in croquet) the act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to drive away (a ball) by a croquet.

Origin:
1855–60; < F (dial.): hockey stick, lit., little hook; see crocket

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Language Translation for : Croquet

Spanish:

croquet,

German:

das Krocket,

Japanese:

クローケー

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cro·quet (krō-kā') Pronunciation Key
n.

An outdoor game in which the players drive wooden balls through a series of wickets using long-handled mallets.
The act of driving away an opponent's croquet ball by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.

tr.v. cro·queted (-kād'), cro·quet·ing (-kā'ĭng), cro·quets (-kāz')
To drive away (an opponent's croquet ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.

[French dialectal, hockey stick, from Old North French, shepherd's crook; see crocket.]

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croquet

1858, from Northern Fr. dialect croquet "hockey stick," from O.N.Fr. "shepherd's crook," from O.Fr. croc, from O.N. krokr "hook." Game originated in Brittany, popularized in Ireland c.1830, England c.1850, where it was very popular until 1872.

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croquet
noun
1.	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
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

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.]

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.

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.