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1. (n.) crotchet
an odd fancy or whimsical notion.
2. crotchet
a small hook.
3. crotchet
a hooklike device or part.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME crochet hook, staff with hook at end < MF)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hook, crotchet
a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
2. (noun) quarter note, crotchet
a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
3. (noun) oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet
a strange attitude or habit
4. (noun) crotchet
a small tool or hooklike implement
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crotchet
a forked support; a crotch
2. (noun) crotchet
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. (noun) crotchet
an indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed
4. (noun) crotchet
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. (noun) crotchet
a bracket. See Bracket
6. (noun) crotchet
an instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus
7. (noun) crotchet
a perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit
8. (verb) crotchet
to play music in measured time
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Sense: in music, a note equal to half a minim.
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 Afrikaans: kwartnoot |
 Arabic: عَلامَة موسيقيّـة نِصْف س |
 Bulgarian: муз. четвъртина нота |
 Brazilian: semínima |
 Czech: čtvrťová nota |
 German: die Viertelnote |
 Danish: fjerdedelsnode |
 Greek: τέταρτο (μουσ.) |
 Spanish: negra |
 Estonian: veerandnoot |
 Farsi: یک چهارم نت |
 Finnish: neljäsosanuotti |
 French: noire |
 Hebrew: רֶבַע תָּו |
 Hindi: संगीत में पाद स्वर |
 Croatian: četvrtinka |
 Hungarian: negyed hangjegy |
 Indonesian: setengah nada |
 Icelandic: fjórðungsnóta |
 Italian: semiminima |
 Japanese: 四分音符 |
 Korean: 4분 음표 |
 Lithuanian: ketvirtinė gaida |
 Latvian: ceturtdaļnots |
 Malay: krocet |
 Dutch: kwartnoot |
 Norwegian: firedelsnote, kvartnote |
 Polish: ćwierćnuta |
 Persian: یک چهارم نت |
 Pashto: یو ډول اشاره یا نښه ، چن |
 Portuguese: semínima |
 Russian: четвертная нота |
 Slovak: štvrťová nota |
 Slovenian: četrtinka |
 Serbian: četvrt note |
 Swedish: fjärdedelsnot |
 Thai: โน้ตเพลงมีค่า ¼ ของโน้ต |
 Turkish: dörtlük (nota) |
 Taiwanese: (音樂) 四分音符 |
 Ukrainian: чверть, четвертна нота |
 Urdu: ربع سُر كى علامت |
 Vietnamese: nốt đen |
 Chinese: （音乐中）四分音符 |
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