[
UK
/kɹˈɒkeɪ/
]
[ US /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/ ]
[ US /kɹoʊˈkeɪ/ ]
NOUN
- 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
- play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
-
drive away by hitting with one's ball
croquet the opponent's ball
How To Use croquet In A Sentence
- I don't think they play at all fairly," Alice began, in rather a complaining tone, "and they all quarrel so dreadfully one can't hear oneself speak and they don't seem to have any rules in particular; at least, if there are, nobody attends to them -- and you've no idea how confusing it is all the things being alive; for instance, there's the arch I've got to go through next walking about at the other end of the ground -- and I should have croqueted the Queen's hedgehog just now, only it ran away when it saw mine coming! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- The chickpea croquettes called falafel and the ever-popular chickpea dip, hummus, are both very good.
- The meatless croquettes have a surprising lightness and a lively upper register of dill.
- Mr Charles Waterfield taking a shot on the croquet lawn.
- Rooms are classically styled and there is an outdoor pool, putting green and croquet lawn. Times, Sunday Times
- It's made with thick grains of sushi rice and served in a bowl with two warm croquettes filled with mango sauce.
- It had a modest lawn where we could play badminton and croquet. Times, Sunday Times
- Outside there are vast gardens, a pool, tennis court and croquet lawn. Times, Sunday Times
- Rooms are classically styled and there is an outdoor pool, putting green and croquet lawn. Times, Sunday Times
- That said, nearly all four-wheel-drive cars are equally capable of amazing their owners by getting stuck on little more than a mildly sloping croquet lawn.
