Definition of croquet in English:

croquet

nounPlural croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ

mass noun

1A game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets.
as modifier a croquet lawn
Example sentencesExamples
- A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles.
- That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
- I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden.
- Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe.
- As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn.
- Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
- The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities.
- She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade.
- The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland.
- Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design.
- It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn.
- You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers.
- Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet.
- It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking.
- With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities.
- We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house.
- My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
- In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room.
- Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look.
- The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together.
1. 1.1count noun An act of croqueting a ball.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play.
  A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another.

verbcroqueting, croqueted, croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ

[with object]

Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's.
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet 'hook'.

Different as they seem, croquet and crochet (mid 19th century) are probably the same word. Croquet is thought to be a form of French crochet ‘hook, shepherd's crook’, which can mean ‘hockey stick’ in parts of France, and in English refers to a handicraft in which yarn is made up into fabric with a hooked needle. The lawn game in which you drive balls through hoops with a mallet seems to have been invented in France but introduced to Ireland, from where it spread to England in the 1850s and quickly became a popular sport among the aristocracy. The French word is also the source of the musical note called the crotchet (Middle English), from its shape, and also the old-fashioned term meaning a perverse belief, a hooked or twisted point of view, in use since Middle English, and giving us the term crotchety in the early 19th century.

Rhymes

cloqué

Definition of croquet in US English:

croquet

nounkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ

1A game played on a lawn, in which colored wooden balls are driven through a series of wickets by means of mallets.
as modifier a croquet lawn
Example sentencesExamples
- Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design.
- We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house.
- Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look.
- The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities.
- Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet.
- Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.
- The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together.
- It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking.
- With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities.
- She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade.
- Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe.
- I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden.
- The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland.
- It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn.
- A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles.
- My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.
- As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn.
- In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room.
- That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
- You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers.
1. 1.1 An act of croqueting a ball.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another.
  A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play.

verbkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ

[with object]

Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's ball.
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.

Origin

Mid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet ‘hook’.

单词	croquet
释义	Definition of croquet in English: croquet nounPlural croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ mass noun 1A game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets. as modifier a croquet lawn Example sentencesExamples A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles. That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn. I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden. Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe. As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn. Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them. The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities. She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade. The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland. Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design. It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn. You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers. Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet. It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking. With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities. We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house. My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets. In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room. Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look. The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together. 1.1count noun An act of croqueting a ball. Example sentencesExamples A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play. A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another. verbcroqueting, croqueted, croquets ˈkrəʊkeɪˈkrəʊkikroʊˈkeɪ [with object] Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's. Example sentencesExamples Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet 'hook'. Different as they seem, croquet and crochet (mid 19th century) are probably the same word. Croquet is thought to be a form of French crochet ‘hook, shepherd's crook’, which can mean ‘hockey stick’ in parts of France, and in English refers to a handicraft in which yarn is made up into fabric with a hooked needle. The lawn game in which you drive balls through hoops with a mallet seems to have been invented in France but introduced to Ireland, from where it spread to England in the 1850s and quickly became a popular sport among the aristocracy. The French word is also the source of the musical note called the crotchet (Middle English), from its shape, and also the old-fashioned term meaning a perverse belief, a hooked or twisted point of view, in use since Middle English, and giving us the term crotchety in the early 19th century. Rhymes cloqué Definition of croquet in US English: croquet nounkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ 1A game played on a lawn, in which colored wooden balls are driven through a series of wickets by means of mallets. as modifier a croquet lawn Example sentencesExamples Here the tennis court, croquet lawn and swimming pool are integral to the design. We used to play croquet on a croquet lawn at the back of the house. Some people like precise formal gardens, some want to play croquet on a big lawn, others like the wild country look. The resort also has a supervised children's indoor area, tennis courts, a croquet lawn, a bowling green and archery facilities. Visitors will be able to browse around bring and buy stalls, enjoy refreshments and take part in a game of croquet. Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them. The afternoon of croquet and side games will be followed by a social get-together. It contained a bowling green and croquet lawn, both taken up now with extensions and parking. With more leisure time available, lawn sports became fashionable, and games like croquet and lawn tennis cemented the value of a thick, well-groomed lawn as a base for family activities. She swung the croquet mallet up onto her shoulder as though carrying a rifle in a passing out parade. Several people started a game of croquet, while a couple of the girls stripped down to bathing suits to sunbathe. I played my first game of croquet on the lawn in his beautiful garden. The grounds include a gazebo, a putting green, water feature, croquet lawn and walkways through parkland and woodland. It has a heated outdoor pool, outdoor kitchen and croquet lawn. A game of croquet takes most of the day, and the two teams of four commenced at nine in the morning with doubles. My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets. As long as there are children, croquet sets and lawn chairs, there will always be a reason for a lawn. In true Victorian style, you can play croquet on the lawn or chess, cards and board games in the games room. That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn. You can play croquet on the lawn after lunch, walk in the forest and take a fishing rod out to the local rivers. 1.1 An act of croqueting a ball. Example sentencesExamples A player may take a croquet under certain circumstances when one ball hits another. A rover has the right of the roquet and consequent croquet on every ball once during each turn of play. verbkrōˈkākroʊˈkeɪ [with object] Drive away (an opponent's ball) by holding one's own ball against it and striking this with the mallet. A player is entitled to do this after their ball has struck an opponent's ball. Example sentencesExamples Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion. Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet ‘hook’.
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