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Crotchet

Crotchet Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crotchet? [n] a small tool or hook-like implement [n] a strange attitude or habit [n] a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note [n] a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crotchet: hook \| oddity \| quarter note \| queerness \| quirk \| quirkiness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crotchet: accidental \| angle \| apex \| bee \| bend \| bifurcation \| bight \| boutade \| brainstorm \| breve \| cant \| capriccio \| caprice \| chevron \| coin \| conceit \| corner \| crank \| craze \| crazy idea \| crook \| deflection \| demisemiquaver \| dogleg \| dominant \| dominant note \| double whole note \| eccentricity \| eighth note \| elbow \| ell \| enharmonic \| enharmonic note \| fad \| fancy \| fantastic notion \| fantasy \| flat \| flimflam \| fool notion \| fork \| freak \| freakish inspiration \| furcation \| half note \| harebrained idea \| hemidemisemiquaver \| hook \| humor \| inflection \| kink \| knee \| L \| maggot \| megrim \| minim \| musical note \| natural \| nook \| note \| notion \| passing fancy \| patent note \| point \| quarter note \| quaver \| quirk \| quoin \| report \| responding note \| semibreve \| semiquaver \| shaped note \| sharp \| sixteenth note \| sixty-fourth note \| spiccato \| staccato \| sustained note \| swerve \| tercet \| thirty-second note \| tone \| toy \| triplet \| twist \| vagary \| veer \| vertex \| whim \| whimsy \| whim-wham \| whole note \| zag \| zig \| zigzag See Also \| curve \| curved shape \| hook \| musical note \| note \| strangeness \| tone \| uncus \| unfamiliarity Crotchet In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Crotch"et\, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] --Donne.

Crotchet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crotchet?

[n] a small tool or hook-like implement
[n] a strange attitude or habit
[n] a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
[n] a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

Crotchet In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\Crotch"et\, v. i.
To play music in measured time. [Obs.] --Donne.

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