/
ˈkrɒtʃɪt/
n.
- Music, Brit. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.
- a perverse or unfounded belief or notion.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘hook’): from OFr. crochet, dimin. of croc, from ON krókr.
