croquet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of croquet
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
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noun
- (uncountable)A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
- (countable)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.
- (alt-of, alternative, countable)Alternative spelling of croquette.
verb
- (transitive)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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.
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