crochet
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of crochet
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
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noun
- A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
verb
- (ambitransitive)To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
name
- A surname.
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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…
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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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