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Crotchet meaning in English

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Crotchet

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Noun

1. crotchet, hook

a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

2. crotchet, quarter note

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

3. crotchet, oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness

a strange attitude or habit

4. crotchet

a small tool or hooklike implement

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Crotchet

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noun
1. music
a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve
. Usual US and Canadian name: quarter note
2. 
a small hook or hooklike device
3. 
a perverse notion
4. zoology
a small notched or hooked process, as in an insect

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Crotchet

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noun
1.  Archaic
a. 
a small hook
b. 
a hooklike part or device
2. 
a peculiar whim or stubborn notion
3.  Chiefly British
quarter note

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Crotchet

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n.
1. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
2. Music See quarter note.
3. A small hook or hooklike structure.

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