Definitions for crotchet
ˈkrɒtʃ ɪtcrotch·et

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hook, crotchetnoun

   a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

2. quarter note, crotchetnoun

   a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note

3. oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchetnoun

   a strange attitude or habit

4. crotchetnoun

   a small tool or hooklike implement

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crotchetnoun

   A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

2. crotchetnoun

   A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook ().

3. crotchetnoun

   a whim or a fancy

4. crotchetverb

   To make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle

5. Etymology: From crochet (‘small hook’), from croc (with diminutive suffix -et), from Old Norse krókr (‘hook’). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crotchetnoun

   Etymology: crochet, French.

   1. [In musick.]One of the notes or characters of time, equal to half a minim, and double a quaver. Ephraim Chambers

   As a good harper, stricken far in years,
   Into whose cunning hands the gout doth fall,
   All his old crotchets in his brain he bears,
   But on his harp plays ill, or not at all. Davies.

   2. A support; a piece of wood fitted into another to support a building.

   A stately temple shoots within the skies,
   The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.

   3. [In printing.] Hooks in which words are included [thus.]4. A perverse conceit; an odd fancy.

   All the devices and crotchets of new inventions, which crept into her, tended either to twich or enlarge the ivy. James Howell.

   The horse smelt him out, and presently a crotchet came in his head how he might countermine him. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 37.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crotchet

   A quarter note (American) or crotchet ( KROTCH-it)"Collins Dictionary". (British) is a musical note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note (or semibreve). Quarter notes are notated with a filled-in oval note head and a straight, flagless stem. The stem usually points upwards if it is below the middle line of the staff, and downwards if it is on or above the middle line. An upward stem is placed on the right side of the notehead, a downward stem is placed on the left (see image). The Unicode symbol is U+2669 (♩). A quarter rest (or crotchet rest) denotes a silence of the same duration as a quarter note. It typically appears as the symbol , or occasionally, as the older symbol .

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crotchet

   A crotchet is a type of musical note that represents a quarter of a whole note or half of a minim. It's symbolized by a filled-in note head with a straight stem and typically symbolizes one beat in a 4/4 time signature. In American English, it is commonly referred to as a quarter note.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Crotchetnoun

   a forked support; a crotch

2. Crotchetnoun

   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. Crotchetnoun

   an indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed

4. Crotchetnoun

   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. Crotchetnoun

   a bracket. See Bracket

6. Crotchetnoun

   an instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus

7. Crotchetnoun

   a perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit

8. Crotchetverb

   to play music in measured time

9. Etymology: [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crotchet

   kroch′et, n. a hook: a note in music, equal to half a minim, a crooked or perverse fancy: a whim, or conceit.—adjs. Crotch′eted, Crotch′ety, having crotchets or peculiarities: whimsical.—n. Crotch′eteer, a crotchety person. [Fr. crochet, dim. of croche, a hook. See Crochet.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crotchet

   In fortification, an indentation in the glacis of the covered way at a point where a traverse is placed.

2. 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.

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1. • Curve
   • Hook
   • Note

How to pronounce crotchet?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crotchet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crotchet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crotchet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crotchet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=crotchet
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crotchet
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crotchet
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=crotchet
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html