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roquet /ˈrəʊkeɪ / /ˈrəʊki/Croquet verb (roquets, roqueting, roqueted) [with object]Strike (another ball) with one’s own: once you roquet a ball you can hit it where you please...- Oh good, she said, and wiped the lawn with me, roqueting and croqueting my balls to oblivion.
- The game is generally played fifty-up; one point being counted for a simple roquet, two for making or passing through the ring, and three for roqueting and making the ring at the same stroke.
nounAn act of roqueting: Brand hit a beautiful cross-court roquet to red...- The game is generally played fifty-up; one point being counted for a simple roquet, two for making or passing through the ring, and three for roqueting and making the ring at the same stroke.
Origin Mid 19th century: apparently an arbitrary alteration of the verb croquet, originally used in the same sense. |