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
source: WordNet 3.0
An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.
source: Webster 1913
verb
drive away by hitting with one's ball,
Croquet the opponent's ball.
source: WordNet 3.0
play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops
source: WordNet 3.0
In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.
