In the game of croquet: To drive away a ball, after hitting it with one's own, by placing the two in contact and striking one's own ball with the…

transitive. To strike (another player's ball) with one's own; also with player as object. Also: (of a ball) to strike (another ball). Also †= croquet…

transitive. Croquet. To play through (a hoop) or up to (a peg).

In games. Croquet. (See quot. 1897.)

transitive. Croquet. To position (a ball) so that the leg of a hoop intervenes between it and its target. Also: to disadvantage (oneself or an…

Croquet. A stroke in which a ball is roqueted, typically with some force, to a desired location. Frequently in to get the rush (on a ball): to…

transitive. Croquet. To roquet (a ball), typically with some force, to a desired location. Also intransitive. Cf. rush, n.2 13.

transitive. Croquet. To put (a ball) out by making it hit the winning-peg. Also intransitive: to hit the winning-peg with the ball as the final…

In various games. Croquet. transitive. To drive (a ball) away obliquely by a stroke from another ball. Also intransitive.

Croquet. To drive (a ball) with a ‘splitting’ stroke.

transitive and intransitive. To hit (a ball other than one's own) through a hoop. Cf. peel, n.5