Definition of "crotchet" []

• An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion. (noun)
• Music See quarter note. (noun)
• Obsolete A small hook or hooklike structure. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Here you have just that kind of crotchet that I am going to deal with."
• "Hand-made cotton crotchet over piano (traditional Portuguese crotchet)"
• "Serge #6: Had he been a bishop he might have set fire to his crotchet."