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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;


VERB (2)

1. drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball";

2. play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Croquet \Cro*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Croqueted (-k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Croqueting (-k?"?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Croquet \Cro*quet"\ (kr?-k?"), n. [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.] [1913 Webster] 1. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of croqueting. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

croquet n 1: 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 v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the opponent's ball" 2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops