Thesaurus: croquet
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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- n. 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.
- n. The act of croqueting.
- v. t. 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.
- 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. drive away by hitting with one's ball
- v. play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
- 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. 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.
- In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, afterputting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball withthe mallet.
- n:100 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. drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball" v. play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops