roquet

[ roh-key ]

verb (used with object),ro·queted [roh-keyd], /roʊˈkeɪd/, ro·quet·ing [roh-key-ing]. /roʊˈkeɪ ɪŋ/.
  1. to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).

  2. (of a ball) to strike (another player's ball).

verb (used without object),ro·queted [roh-keyd], /roʊˈkeɪd/, ro·quet·ing [roh-key-ing]. /roʊˈkeɪ ɪŋ/.
  1. to roquet a ball.

noun
  1. an act or instance of roqueting.

Origin of roquet

1
First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of croquet

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How to use roquet in a sentence

  • If he roquets an enemy's ball, he croquets it, if he wishes, into a disadvantageous position.

    Croquet | Anonymous
  • If he roquets a friend, he croquets his ball into better position, or perhaps through its proper bridge.

    Croquet | Anonymous
  • Any one of the roquets may be declined and made again after croqueting the other balls in their proper order.

    Croquet | Anonymous
  • A ball making ricochet—that is, roqueting several balls on the same blow—may croquet them all in the order of the roquets.

    Croquet | Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for roquet

roquet

/ (ˈrəʊkɪ) croquet /


verb-quets (-kɪz), -queting (-kɪɪŋ) or -queted (-kɪd)
  1. to drive one's ball against (another person's ball) in order to be allowed to croquet

noun
  1. the act of roqueting

Origin of roquet

1
C19: variant of croquet

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