From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Croquet \Cro*quet"\, verb (used with an object) [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. ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Croquet \Cro*quet"\ (kr?-k?"), noun [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.]
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.
2. The act of croqueting.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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: 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
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