<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets.</li><li>(In croquet) The act of driving away an opponent's ball by striking one's own when the two are in contact.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) Croqueted [kroh-, keyd, kroh, -keyd, -keed].</li><li>Croquetting [kroh-, key, -ing, kroh, -key-ing, -kee-ing].</li><li>To drive away (a ball) by a croquet.</li></ul>