HOW TO PRONOUNCE
croquet
/kɹoʊˈkeɪ/
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What does croquet mean?
noun
- A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
- A shot in this game in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
verb
- To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are moved by hitting the striker's ball when they have been placed in contact following a roquet.
More meanings (1)
noun
- Alternative spelling of croquette.
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IPA pronunciation
/kɹoʊˈkeɪ/
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See this word in context.
“I must go and get ready to play croquet with the Queen,” and she hurried out of the room.
Even at croquet and lawn-tennis girls are unspeakably smart about cheating if they can thereby put their masculine opponents impudently at a disadvantage.
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The man who invented croquet has deserved greater glory, and has done more good to his species, than many philosophers whose names are emblazoned in story.
And with all our uses of land, we must not forget a little corner for the hammock and the croquet hoops for the wife and the children.
He does not perhaps look quite fit for a croquet party as he stands now, with a flour-scoop in one hand and a pound of tobacco in the other.