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 roquet-croquet is precisely like a roquet when the balls are in contact.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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
If a rover in roquet-croqueting hit another ball, it may accept or decline the roquet.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
As soon as a step on the round is made, it no longer makes any difference whether a roquet was declined or not.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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
Case.—Under the same circumstances the playing ball is taken to the side of the roqueted ball.
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
The croquet may be declined, and the tour continued from the spot to which the player's ball has rolled, or from the side of the roqueted ball.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Case.—A ball not a rover having roqueted another ball, is placed in contact with it, and, without using the foot, the player drives them both in any direction, as in roquet-croquet.
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
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
Or it may make a point by roqueting any of the other balls.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
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