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crotchet

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crotch·et  (krcht)
n.
1. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
2. Music See quarter note.
3. Obsolete A small hook or hooklike structure.

[Middle English crochet, from Old French; see crochet.]

crotchet
Noun
Music a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve [Old French crochet little hook]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crotchet - a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
uncus - (biology) any hook-shaped process or part
2.crotchetcrotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
musical note, note, tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"
3.crotchet - a strange attitude or habit
strangeness, unfamiliarity - unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
4.crotchet - a small tool or hooklike implement
hook - a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something
Translations
Spanish crotchet [ˈkrɔtʃɪt] n (BRIT) (MUS) → negra
French crotchet [ˈkrɔtʃɪt] n (Mus) → noire f
German crotchet [ˈkrɔtʃɪt] nViertelnote f
Italian crotchet [ˈkrɔtʃɪt] n (MUS) → semiminima

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They have always a crotchet going, till the old man with the scythe reaps and garners them away for troublesome old boys as they are.
Some fatalities come in certain shapes, and some in others -- but this of which I speak has come in the shape of a crotchet.
She will not remain orbed in a thought, but rushes into persons; and when each person, inflamed to a fury of personality, would conquer all things to his poor crotchet, she raises up against him another person, and by many persons incarnates again a sort of whole.
 
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