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Noun
crochet (plural crochets)
- (sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- (zoology) A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
Verb
crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)
- (ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
Etymology
From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish ﹡krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic ﹡krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European ﹡gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked.
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