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crochet.

A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/US/ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/UK

  1. A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

    countable · uncountable

  2. A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/US/ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/UK

  1. To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

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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