Definition of croquet

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cro·quet    (kr-k) KEY 

NOUN:

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

TRANSITIVE VERB:
cro·queted  (-kd) KEY , cro·quet·ing  (-kng) KEY , cro·quets  (-kz) KEY 

To drive away (an opponent's croquet ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French dialectal, hockey stick, from Old North French, shepherd's crook ; see crocket