HOCKET


Meaning of HOCKET in English

■ noun Music a spasmodic or interrupted effect, produced by dividing a melody between two parts, notes in one part coinciding with rests in the other.

Derivatives

~ing noun

Origin

C18: from Fr. hoquet 'hiccup'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.