croquet

From Middle French or Old Northern French; see crochet.

• (UK) enPR: krō'kā, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/ or IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊkɪ/
• (US) enPR: krōkā', IPA^(key): /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/

croquet (countable and uncountable, plural croquets)

1. (uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
2. (countable, games) 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.
3. (countable) A croquette.

croquet (third-person singular simple present croquets, present participle croqueting, simple past and past participle croqueted)

1. (transitive, games) 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.

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croquet f (plural croquetten, diminutive croquetje n)

1. Superseded spelling of kroket.

• The spelling croquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

• croquer +‎ -et

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɛ/

croquet m (plural croquets)

1. (sports) croquet
2. croquette