croquet
noun
a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
croqueted
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past participleof croquet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof croquet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
croquetnouna game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.
Example Sentences
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England wing Abby Dow and her star-struck Spanish opposite number Claudia Perez exchanging a croqueted keyring, a hand-drawn portrait and shirts, external after their match last month was an irresistible example.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
If he runs it his tour still continues, and he may play for the next bridge, or roquet the other ball again, which he may previously have croqueted, into the proper position.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Not croqueting is sufficient evidence of declining; but if none are croqueted, and the ball is not moved to the side of any one, the player must declare which he means to decline.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
It was while they were off, apart down the slope, just croqueted away for the time, to come up again with tremendous charge presently, that Harry asked her if she knew the game of "ship-coil."
From We Girls: a Home Story by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
As he has no bridges to run he can never re-roquet, and hence after he has roqueted and croqueted all the other balls his tour terminates at the next blow.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
