croquet
A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoopsA game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
» My grandparents enjoy playing croquet.
Meine Großeltern spielen gerne Croquet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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2 senses(uncountable)A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
Croquet, Crocket, Krocket
кроке́тkrokét
a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg
(countable)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.
Examples
4 sentencesMy grandparents enjoy playing croquet.
deMeine Großeltern spielen gerne Croquet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you play croquet?
Ти граєш у крокет? — deniko
Are you playing croquet?
Ти граєш у крокет? — deniko
Croquet players must wear white clothing during play.
deKrocketspieler müssen während eines Wettkampfes weiße Kleidung tragen. — Bellinger
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crocheBorrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.
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Forms
plural: croquetsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.