Definitions for crotchets

crotchets crotch·et

Spelling: [kroch-it]
IPA: /ˈkrɒtʃ ɪt/

Crotchets is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in crotchets (ccehorstt).

Definitions for crotchets

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 crotchets

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

Examples for crotchets

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the ladies had withdrawn, young crotchet addressed the company.

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

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

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

Word Value for crotchets
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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