roquet
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball).
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(of a ball) to strike (another player's ball).
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of roquet
First recorded in 1860–65; alteration of croquet
Example Sentences
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A booby does not return to the spot, but continues to play as a booby, without the right to roquet or be roquetted until it is bridged.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Not croqueting the ball is evidence enough of having declined, as there could never be any advantage in declining the croquet and not the roquet, if it can properly be declined.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Or, if the bridge was declined, the first hit was a roquet and the second no point; therefore his tour is at an end.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
To “rush” a ball is to roquet it hard so that it proceeds for a considerable distance in a desired direction.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Croquet is not considered a point, because it is not a play of the player's own ball but a privilege, after which the tour is continued by virtue of the roquet.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
If he succeeds in hitting it, he is said to have roqueted it, and having thus made a point, may play again and attempt the third bridge.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
“Goody!” cried Mabel, and hitting Patty’s ball, she roqueted it back where it had come from.
From Patty's Friends by Carolyn Wells
A rover, but no other ball, may roquet-croquet a roqueted ball instead of croqueting it.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
If after a roquet the playing ball be taken up or moved from its place, it must continue its tour from the side of the roqueted ball.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
By this means he not only drives off the roqueted ball but follows it with his own, or forces them in divergent directions.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
After running the first bridge, he acquires, of course, the right of roqueting the other two balls.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Or it may make a point by roqueting any of the other balls.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
After roqueting a ball, however, a player cannot roquet the same ball again until his own ball has made a step on the grand round.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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