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