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Meanings of crotchet in English

Portuguese
semínima
Wikidata

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

semínima
Catalan
peculiaritat
Spanish
excentricidad

A strange attitude or habit.

peculiaritat
Portuguese
volta
Catalan
ganxo

A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook.

volta
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Examples for "hook"
Examples for "hook"
1
As a result, he allowed the private sector off the financial hook.
The Guardian
2
The longer it takes systems to hook up, the slower manufacturers' sales.
Reuters
3
Thought I'd ask, she says, letting me off the hook too easy.
Something wicked
4
Never mind: any moment now she would let him off the hook.
Ladder of years: a novel
5
Does it merely facilitate quick and easy hook-ups or actually encourage them?
The Irish Times
Usage of crotchet in English
1
Good enough for him for having such a crotchet in his head.
Between Whiles
2
What crotchet has that swaggering booby got in his numskull, I wonder?
The Robbers
3
You are wondering at the name 'Craigie Cottage'-anothercrotchet of my father's.
Dead Man's Rock
4
What particular crotchet could he have been humoring in this case?
Idolatry: A Romance
5
Each of us has his own crotchet, which differs from the other man's.
The Parisians — Complete
6
And Sid Vicious didn't crotchet his own stupid mock-Tibetan hippy-dippy ear-flapped bobble hats.
The Guardian
7
The parallel order with a defensive or offensive crotchet; 3.
The Art of War
8
We put that question to Lansing's only surviving student, a living crotchet named MacDougal.
Cities in Flight
9
Though little did I think what the crotchet would be.
Australia Felix
10
Besides, he has a silly crotchet in his head now.
The Puritans
11
A man with a crotchet should select a partner with the same morbid fancy.
Plain Facts for Old and Young
12
When he opened them again, she was waggling a green crotchet-edged hand towel at him.
Another life
13
You came here because Mr. Somers had a crotchet.
The Morgesons: A Novel
14
There were members for every crotchet and corrupt interest, but there were none for them.
The English Constitution
15
What crotchet is uppermost in your mind, now, Dick?
The Two Admirals
16
As for Trencher, the one crotchet in his cool brain centred about that worthless trade dollar.
From Place to Place
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