Found 2 items, similar to Croquet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: croquet
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
croquet
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Croquet
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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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.]
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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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