Definition

1. Noun:

   • A lawn game: A game played on a lawn in which players use mallets to hit wooden balls through a series of hoops (also called wickets) set in a specific pattern. The objective is to be the first to complete the course by sending the ball through all the hoops in the correct order and sequence and finally hitting a finishing peg.

2. Verb:

   • To play croquet: To participate in the game of croquet.
   • To croquet a ball: In the game, to strike one's own ball so that it hits (roquets) an opponent's ball, after which the player may place their own ball next to the opponent's and strike it to send it away, often to a disadvantageous position.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • We set up the hoops for a game of croquet on the lawn.
  • The rules of croquet can be quite strategic.

• Verb:

  • They decided to croquet in the afternoon.
  • She skillfully croqueted her opponent's ball into the rough grass.

Advanced Usage

• "To take croquet": A formal phrase used in the game's rules, meaning to take the extra shots earned after making a roquet (hitting another ball).
  • After roqueting the blue ball, she was entitled to take croquet.

Variants and Related Words

• Croqueter (n, rare): A person who plays croquet.
• Croquet mallet (n): The implement with a long handle and a wooden head used to strike the ball in croquet.
• Croquet ball (n): The wooden ball used in the game.
• Croquet hoop / wicket (n): The wire arch through which the ball must pass.

Synonyms

• Lawn game: A general term for games played on grass, such as croquet or bocce.
• Mallet game: A descriptive term for games involving a mallet.

Related Phrases (Specific to the Game)

• Make a hoop / run a hoop: To successfully hit one's ball through a hoop.
  • He needs to make the next hoop to stay in the game.
• Roquet (v/n): The act of hitting another player's ball with one's own, a fundamental shot in croquet that grants extra strokes.
  • Her accurate shot resulted in a roquet.

Noun

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

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