CROQUET
\kɹˈɒke͡ɪ], \kɹˈɒkeɪ], \k_ɹ_ˈɒ_k_eɪ]\
Definitions of CROQUET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
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drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball"
By Princeton University
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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
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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The act of croqueting.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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A game in which two or more players try to drive wooden balls, by means of long-handled mallets, through a series of arches set in the ground.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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