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noun
A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: games
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: games
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noun
Alternative spelling of croquette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable
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verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: games
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: outdoor game
verb
play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: play
verb
drive away by hitting with one's ball,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hit
History
Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.
See croquette.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
