- croquet mallet
- nouna mallet used to strike the ball in croquet• Hypernyms: ↑mallet, ↑croquet equipment
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croquet mallet
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croquet equipment — noun sports equipment used in playing croquet • Topics: ↑croquet • Hypernyms: ↑sports equipment • Hyponyms: ↑croquet ball, ↑croquet mallet, ↑wicket, ↑hoop … Useful english dictionary
mallet — n 1. beetle, hammer, gavel; tapper, tamper, pounder, rammer. 2. club, stick, croquet mallet, Golf. wood, Golf. driver … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
croquet — ► NOUN 1) a game played on a lawn, in which wooden balls are driven through a series of hoops with a mallet. 2) an act of croqueting a ball. ► VERB (croqueted, croqueting) ▪ knock away (an opponent s ball) by holding one s own ball against it and … English terms dictionary
Croquet — Cro*quet , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Croqueted} ( k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croqueting} ( k? ?ng).] 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mallet — Mal let, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See {Mall} a beetle.] A small maul with a short handle, used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, used in playing croquet. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mallet — ► NOUN 1) a hammer with a large wooden head. 2) a long handled wooden stick with a head like a hammer, for hitting a croquet or polo ball. ORIGIN Old French maillet, from Latin malleus hammer … English terms dictionary
mallet — [mal′ət] n. [ME malyet < MFr maillet, dim. of mail < OFr maile: see MAUL] 1. a kind of hammer, usually with a heavy wooden head and a short handle, for driving a chisel, etc.: see HAMMER 2. a) a long handled hammer with a cylindrical wooden … English World dictionary
Croquet — This article is about the game. For the food; item, see Croquette. For the Smalltalk based 3D software platform, see Croquet project. Modern croquet equipment … Wikipedia
croquet — /kroh kay /; Brit. /kroh kay, kee/, n., v., croqueted / kayd /; Brit. / kayd, keed/, croqueting / kay ing/; Brit. / kay ing, kee ing/. n. 1. a game played by knocking wooden balls through metal wickets with mallets. 2. (in croquet) the act of… … Universalium
Mallet — For other uses, see Mallet (disambiguation). A mallet is a kind of hammer, usually of rubber,or sometimes wood smaller than a maul or beetle and usually with a relatively large head. Contents 1 Tools 2 Musical instruments 3 Toys … Wikipedia
