Dictionary entry

Croquet (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cro‐quet″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Croqueted (–k?d); p. pr. & vb. n.Croqueting (–k?″?ng).] 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.