Thesaurus: crotchet

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1. n. A forked support; a crotch.
2. 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.
3. n. An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
4. 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.
5. n. A bracket. See Bracket.
6. n. An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
7. n. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
8. v. i. To play music in measured time.
9. n. a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
10. n. a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
11. n. a strange attitude or habit
12. n. a small tool or hooklike implement