CROTCHET


Meaning of CROTCHET in English

/kroch"it/ , n.

1. an odd fancy or whimsical notion.

2. a small hook.

3. a hooklike device or part.

4. Entomol. a small, hooklike process.

5. Music. Chiefly Brit. a quarter note. See illus. under note .

6. a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook.

[ 1350-1400; ME crochet hook, staff with hook at end ]

Syn. 1. caprice, whimsy, eccentricity, quirk, oddity.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .