Crotchet Definition

krŏchĭt
noun
A small hook.
Webster's New World
A hooklike part or device.
Webster's New World
An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
American Heritage
Webster's New World

(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

Wiktionary
verb
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Crotchet

Noun

Singular:
crotchet
Plural:
crotchets

Origin of Crotchet

  • From Old French crochet (‘small hook’), from croc (with diminutive suffix -et), from Old Norse krókr (‘hook’). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English crochet hook, quarter note from Old French hook crochet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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