Meaning

noun a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg

verb drive away by hitting with one's ball,

verb play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops

originBorrowed from Norman croquet (“hook”), from Old Northern French croquet. Doublet of crochet, crocket, and crotchet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0