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Crotchet - 6 dictionary results
crotch⋅et
[kroch-it] 
ɪt
–noun
| 1. | an odd fancy or whimsical notion. |
| 2. | a small hook. |
| 3. | a hooklike device or part. |
| 4. | Entomology. a small, hooklike process. |
| 5. | Music. Chiefly British. a quarter note. |
| 6. | a curved surgical instrument with a sharp hook. |
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Language Translation for : Crotchet
| Spanish: | negra, | German: | die Viertelnote, | Japanese: | 四分音符 |
| crotch·et
(krŏch'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English crochet, from Old French; see crochet.] |
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| quarter note
n. Music A note having one-fourth the time value of a whole note. Also called crotchet. |
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| crotchet | |
noun | |
| 1. | a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook] |
| 2. | a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note [syn: quarter note] |
| 3. | a strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity] |
| 4. | a small tool or hooklike implement |
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Crotchet
Crotch"et\ (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.]1. A forked support; a crotch. The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. --Dryden. 2. (Mus.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note. 3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. 4. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle. 5. (Print.) A bracket. See Bracket. 6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. --Dunglison. 7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. --De Quincey.
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Crotchet
Crotch"et\, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] --Donne.
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