croquet
To play a shot in the game of croquet in which the striker's ball and another ball are…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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» My grandparents enjoy playing croquet.
Meine Großeltern spielen gerne Croquet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo 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.
play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
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
1 languagesOrigin
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
croquets, croqueting, croqueted, croquetedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.