Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.