See Also: miss(6)(dictionary)
miss(5)(dictionary)
miss(4)(dictionary)
miss(3)(dictionary)
miss(2)(dictionary)
miss(1)(dictionary)
Miss.(dictionary)
miss-out(dictionary)
miss(medicine)
hit-and-miss(dictionary)

croquet (sh) and miss(6) (iou)


croquet (sh)




(French dialect for "crook," "Hockey stick") Game in which players using mallets drive wooden balls through a series of wickets, or hoops, set out on a lawn.

The object is to be the first to complete the course by passing through all the wickets and hitting a goal peg. Croquet evolved from the 13th-century French game pall-mall. Championship matches are organized by governing bodies in the U.S. and Britain.


miss(6) (iou)



miss verb2 trans. E19.
[from MISS noun2.]
Address as 'miss'.