Main Entry: cro·quet

Pronunciation: \krō-ˈkā\

Function: noun

Etymology: probably ultimately from obsolete French, sharp blow, from croquer

Date: 1855

1 : a game in which players using mallets drive wooden balls through a series of wickets set out on a lawn
2 : the act of driving away an opponent's croquet ball by striking one's own ball placed against it

— croquet transitive verb