Crotchet

Definition:

• (n.) A forked support; a crotch.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A bracket. See Bracket.
• (n.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
• (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
• (v. i.) To play music in measured time.

Compare crotchet with other words:

crotched vs. crotchet

crotchet vs. rotchet

crotches vs. crotchet

crotchet vs. demisemiquaver

crotchet vs. semiquaver

crotchet vs. semibreve

crotchet vs. hooked

crotchet vs. needle

crotchet vs. thread

crotchet vs. needlework

crotchet vs. looping

crotchet vs. crotchety

crotchet vs. troop

bracket vs. crotchet

crotchet vs. traverse

crotchet vs. glacis

crotchet vs. indentation

crotchet vs. fancy

crochet vs. crotchet

crotchet vs. whim

crotchet vs. hook

beat vs. crotchet

crotchet vs. note

crotchet vs. musical

crotchet vs. minim

crotchet vs. value

crotchet vs. quaver