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crochet

croc·het

UK/ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ US/kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/ rare
verb (2) noun (1)

verb

1.

create by looping or crocheting

  • “crochet a bedspread”
2.

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

  • “She sat there crocheting all day”
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noun

1.

a control system with a feedback loop that is active

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • crochet hook
  • double crochet
  • magnetic crochet
  • single crochet

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