CROQUET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does croquet mean? 

• CROQUET (noun)
  The noun CROQUET has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CROQUET used as a noun is very rare.

• CROQUET (verb)
  The verb CROQUET has 2 senses:

1. drive away by hitting with one's ball

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

  Familiarity information: CROQUET used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROQUET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("croquet" is a kind of...):

outdoor game (an athletic game that is played outdoors)

Domain member category:

croquet equipment (sports equipment used in playing croquet)

croquet (drive away by hitting with one's ball)

Derivation:

croquet (play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops)

• CROQUET (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drive away by hitting with one's ball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

croquet the opponent's ball

Hypernyms (to "croquet" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Domain category:

croquet (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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "croquet" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

croquet (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)

 Context examples 

If it's fine, I'm going to pitch my tent in Longmeadow, and row up the whole crew to lunch and croquet—have a fire, make messes, gypsy fashion, and all sorts of larks.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They looked out upon a croquet lawn which came up to the windows.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A pleasant green field, with three wide-spreading oaks in the middle and a smooth strip of turf for croquet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Tents, lunch, and croquet utensils having been sent on beforehand, the party was soon embarked, and the two boats pushed off together, leaving Mr. Laurence waving his hat on the shore.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Bless her heart! She pities him, so she is good to him," said Jo, beaming at her from the croquet ground.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An impromptu circus, fox and geese, and an amicable game of croquet finished the afternoon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Didn't you cheat at croquet?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)