n. & v.
--n.
1. a game played on a lawn, with wooden balls which are driven through a series of hoops with mallets.
2 the act of croqueting a ball.
--v.tr. (croqueted; croqueting) drive away (one's opponent's ball in croquet) by placing one's own against it and striking one's own.
Etymology: perh. dial. form of F CROCHET hook