Crotchet
['krɒtʃɪt] or ['krɑtʃɪt]
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.
Inputed by Leonard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Whim, freak, quirk, vagary, whimsey, fancy, caprice, maggot, WRINKLE.
Checker: Presley
Definition
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.
Edited by Jeffrey
Examples
- A constant crusade against the amour-propre of every human being but himself, was the crotchet of this able, but fiery and grasping little man. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That crotchet is not one I should choose to entertain for an instant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He deserved condign punishment for his testy crotchets. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Put all crotchets out of your head, and run away and amuse yourself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Emanuel's crotchets and eccentricities! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When I think of you and your new crotchets, said Mrs. Yeobright, with some emphasis, I naturally don't feel so comfortable as I did a twelvemonth ago. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Marilyn