BISQUE (a French word of unknown origin, formerly spelt in English "bisk"), a term for odds given in the games of tennis, lawn tennis, croquet, and golf ; in the two former a bisque is one point to be taken at any time during a "set" at the choice of the receiver of the odds, while in croquet and golf it is one extra stroke or turn to be taken similarly. The name is given, in cookery, to a thick soup, made particularly of crayfish or lobsters.