Meaning & use
Crotchet
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A musical note, especially in British usage, equal in duration to a quarter of a whole note.
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The melody was written mostly in crotchets, giving the piece a steady, walking rhythm.
Her crotchets about how the kitchen must be organized made cooking with her difficult.
A note on using this word
Beyond music, 'crotchet' also means a stubborn, whimsical notion or personal quirk, the source of the adjective 'crotchety,' meaning irritable or eccentric.
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2. noun
A whimsical or perverse personal notion; an odd fixed opinion or habit.
The old professor had a crotchet about never grading papers written in blue ink.
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