Croquet

Word CROQUET
Character 7
Hyphenation cro quet
Pronunciations /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/

Definitions and meanings of "Croquet"

What do we mean by croquet?

An outdoor game in which the players drive wooden balls through a series of wickets using long-handled mallets. noun

The act of driving away an opponent's croquet ball by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact. noun

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

In the game of croquet, to drive off by a croquet, as an adversary's ball. See croquet, n., 2.

A game played on a lawn or a prepared piece of ground, with mallets, balls, pegs or posts, and a number of iron hoops or arches arranged in a certain order. noun

In the game of croquet, the act of a player, upon hitting a second ball with his own, of driving that one away by a stroke on his own, which he holds firmly with his foot, after he has placed the two in contact. noun

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. noun

The act of croqueting. noun

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. transitive verb

A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets). 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. noun

A croquette. noun

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. verb

Drive away by hitting with one's ball, verb

Play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops verb

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 noun

(games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).

(games) 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.

A croquette.

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The word "croquet" in example sentences

-- for dominoes is about as mild and sinless a game as any in the world, perhaps, excepting always the ineffably insipid diversion they call croquet, which is a game where you don't pocket any balls and don't carom on any thing of any consequence, and when you are done nobody has to pay, and there are no refreshments to saw off, and, consequently, there isn't any satisfaction whatever about it ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

But Catalano, who came wearing earrings with balls the colors used in croquet, was not ready to give up the traditional game. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Having said that, it should be noted that black_samvara has clothing on (or should that be off?) all of the players - croquet is definitely her game. ❋ Mynxii (2006)

Chris Bennett, the English coach of the South African team, calls croquet "the last of the great Victorian games, which England exported to all the colonies." ❋ Unknown (2008)

With an air of inquiry, but with no real hesitation, it crossed the tiny strip of turf that the charitable called the croquet lawn, and pushed its way through the open French window into the morning-room. ❋ 1870-1916 Saki (1893)

There is the usual lawn tennis, and croquet, which is rather falling into desuetude, but still affords unequalled opportunities for flirtation. ❋ Amanda Minnie Douglas (1873)

They have created a sport without primal feelings - it's called croquet. ❋ Cathal Kelly (2011)

“Since many sports had just been invented in Britain that required a flat soft ground (such as croquet, cricket, soccer, and rugby), a more efficient way of blah blah blah ...” ❋ Unknown (2005)

For a moment he gazed, fascinated, at that wonderful new kind of croquet-ball which had appeared so dramatically out of the box, and then reluctantly wriggled himself back. ❋ Unknown (1919)

The forenoon we spent in the garden, pretending to play games that come out of boxes, such as croquet and clock golf. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

Missing the sedge won its battle over mud, and a brilliant carpet now swept right up to the paved threshold of the hospital, holding forth the promise of something more substantial than cricket, croquet, or shuttlecock. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A friend -- you may remember Eric Marburger from when I wrote about him last October -- asked yesterday, during a croquet game, whether I was planning to watch the Republican presidential campaign debate last night. ❋ Robert Schwab (2011)

At Thanksgiving they had a croquet tournament and a picnic. ❋ Sarah Tilton (2011)

Instead of Cracker Jacks there would be bottomless Veuve Clicquot champagne, and instead of baseball it would be a very different game: polo, where two teams of four men on horseback face off in a match that is like a cross between soccer and croquet. ❋ Jen Wieczner (2011)

With a croquet lawn and hard tennis court, you will be quite the lords and ladies of the manor. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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