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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] 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. 2. The act of croqueting. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, of an opponent's ball 2: play croquet
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