CROTCHET


Meaning of CROTCHET in English

[ 'krɒtʃɪt ]

■ noun

1》 Music, Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.

2》 a perverse or unfounded belief or notion.

Origin

ME (in the sense 'hook'): from OFr. crochet , dimin. of croc , from ON krókr .

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