(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) I used to colour in crotchets with my tongue out" – he mimes a pose of schoolboyish concentration – "but a few years ago I finally sped up."
(2) 8.03pm BST The plucky strings are basically Mel and Sue made into quavers and crotchets.
(3) Six share third place: three classical music specialists, Crotchet , MDT and Presto Classical .
Crotchety
Definition:
(a.) Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.
Example Sentences:
(1) The saving grace of the first sketch, and the best part of the entire night, was Larry David reprising his role as candidate Bernie Sanders, which is both a spot-on impersonation and a hilarious parody of his crotchety, far-left persona .
(2) He prefaced his 2006 autobiography, Doggin' Around – the title, too, of his 1994 film about a crotchety jazz pianist played by Elliott Gould – with an open, explanatory love letter, almost, to Duke Ellington.
(3) As the sun rose on Tuesday, Jones was expressing the crotchety confusion that many white men of a certain cellared vintage express in Australia now that other people, less important people, can occasionally get a word in.
(4) There were a number of big name omissions, including Hanks for both his talked-up roles this year in Captain Phillips and Saving Mr Banks , as well as Robert Redford as a lone yachtsman in All Is Lost , Emma Thompson as crotchety author PL Travers in Saving Mr Banks, and Joaquin Phoenix in Spike Jonze's oddball love story Her .
(5) Elderly patients are sometimes stereotyped as "crocks" and "gomers"--crotchety chronic complainers beyond help and hope.
(6) It had to end, of course, and it is fair to say that by August we were beginning to get into that crotchety frame of mind which starts to affect Greek taverna-owners and travel reps at the end of the season.
(7) The demands of the relentless publicity treadmill can lead to compromises on all fronts: the subject can be crotchety, the interviewer nervous and hurried, and nobody gets what they want.
(8) There was another surprise in the acting section, with Emma Thompson scooping the best actress gong for Saving Mr Banks , playing crotchety Mary Poppins author PL Travers; so far she has not been on many awards-season radars.
(9) Molly Ball (@mollyesque) Jim Lehrer seems kinda crotchety, but we really need Eastwood moderating this debate.