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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The first hit was not a roquet if really declined.
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
Case.—A ball makes roquet on two balls simultaneously.
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
Can it re-roquet it on the ground that it has run a bridge since the roquet?
From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous
The second point will be declined if it is possible to make very good position for the second bridge by roquet, or to glance off from the stake to advantage.
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
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
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
“Goody!” cried Mabel, and hitting Patty’s ball, she roqueted it back where it had come from.
From Patty's Friends by Wells, Carolyn
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
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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