Definitions for crotchet

crotchet crotch·et

Spelling: [kroch-it]
IPA: /ˈkrɒtʃ ɪt/

Crotchet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in crotchet (ccehortt).

Definitions for crotchet

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.

Origin of crotchet

1350-1400; Middle English crochet hook, staff with hook at end Middle French (see crochet); doublet of crocket

Examples for crotchet

Now and then the crotchet of a Colonel does a vast deal of mischief.

Here you have just that kind of crotchet that I am going to deal with.

To retain rhythmic integrity, this has been edited to read as a crotchet.

Each of us has his own crotchet, which differs from the other man's.

Come, come, Mr. crotchet, dont insult a man in his own room.

When the ladies had withdrawn, young crotchet addressed the company.

From this eventful night, young crotchet was seen no more on English mould.

Humor my crotchet just now, and perhaps I may humor yours a month or two hence.

Mr. crotchet told the Reverend Doctor Folliott the news of the morning.

The first note of the measure, which was a minim, has been changed to a crotchet.

Word Value for crotchet
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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