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cro·quet  (kr  -k   ) KEY NOUN:
- 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.
TRANSITIVE VERB: cro·queted (-k d ) KEY , cro·quet·ing (-k  ng) KEY , cro·quets (-k z ) KEY - To drive away (an opponent's croquet ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.
ETYMOLOGY:French dialectal, hockey stick, from Old North French, shepherd's crook ; see crocket
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