croquet

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UK/ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/UK, dated/ˈkɹəʊki/US/kɹoʊˈkeɪ/

noun

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

OriginNorman croquet ← Old Northern French croquet →
Less commonScrabble 18
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Meanings

croquet1

nouncroquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)

plural croquets

  1. uncountablegamesA game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
  2. countablegamesA 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.
verbcroquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)

present singular third person croquets · participle present croqueting · participle past croqueted · past croqueted

  1. transitivegamesTo 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.

croquet2

nouncroquet (plural croquets)

plural croquets

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of croquette.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
roquet

Origin

croquet · noun, verb

  1. Old Northern Frenchcroquet
  2. Normancroquet“hook”
  3. Englishcroquet

Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

More words from Norman, Old Northern French

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croquet · noun

See croquette.

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Translations

Bulgarian кроке́т
  • кроке́т (krokét)game
Catalan argolla, croquet
  • argollagame
  • croquetgame
Chinese Mandarin 槌球
  • 槌球 (chuíqiú)game
Estonian kroket
  • kroketgame
Finnish kroketti, krokkaus
  • krokettigame
  • krokkausshot
  • krokatato drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
French croquet
  • croquetgame
German Croquet, Crocket
  • Croquetgame
  • Crocketgame
  • Krocketgame
Japanese クロッケー, クロケット
  • クロッケー (kurokkē)game
  • クロケット (kuroketto)game
Polish krokiet, krokiet
  • krokietgame
  • krokietshot
  • uderzać piłkę przeciwnika własną piłkąto drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
  • uderzyć piłkę przeciwnika własną piłkąto drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
Portuguese cróquete
  • cróquetegame
Romanian crochet
  • crochetgame
Russian кроке́т
  • кроке́т (krokét)game
Swedish krocket, krockering
  • krocketgame
  • krockeringshot
  • krockerato drive one's opponent's ball by own ball
Cite this entry
APA

croquet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croquet

MLA

“croquet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croquet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “croquet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/croquet.

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