cro·quet (krō-kā')
n.

1. An outdoor game in which the players drive wooden balls through a series of wickets using long-handled mallets.
2. The act of driving away an opponent's croquet ball by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.

tr.v., -queted (-kād'), -quet·ing (-kā'ĭng), -quets (-kāz').
To drive away (an opponent's croquet ball) by hitting one's own ball when the two are in contact.

[French dialectal, hockey stick, from Old North French, shepherd's crook. See crocket.]

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