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DictionarycroquetLawn game
noun

croquet

kroh-KAY/krəʊˈkeɪ/

A lawn game in which players use mallets to hit balls through hoops.

We play croquet on the lawn every Sunday after lunch.

Croquet lawn with wooden mallet, colored balls and wire hoops, an adult aims a ball through one hoop.
Etymology
croquetNorthern Frenchhockey stick

Croquet comes from a word for a hockey stick, earlier a shepherd’s crook. A name for a stick thus became the name of a lawn game played with mallets.

In context

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More examples

  • In croquet, players use mallets to knock balls through hoops.
  • We set up the hoops for croquet before our guests arrive.
  • His final shot wins the game of croquet.