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Word: Croquet
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century: perhaps a dialect form of French crochet ‘hook’
ˈkrəʊkeɪ
ˈkrəʊki
a game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets
Short Definition:game played on lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through series of square-topped hoops by means of mallets
Examples:- a croquet lawn
Word: Croquet
Speech Type: Verb
ˈkrəʊkeɪ
ˈkrəʊki
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.
Short Definition:drive away opponent's ball by holding one's own ball against it
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