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crotchet
English
Etymology
From Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??t?.?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??t?.?t/
Noun
crotchet (plural crotchets)
- (music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
- (obsolete) A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- (archaic) A whim or a fancy.
- 1847, Thomas De Quincey, Secret Societies (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine):
- He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man.
- 1847, Thomas De Quincey, Secret Societies (published in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine):
- A forked support; a crotch.
- (military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
- (military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
- (printing) A square bracket.
Synonyms
- (musical note): quarter note (US)
Derived terms
- crotchety
Translations
Verb
crotchet (third-person singular simple present crotchets, present participle crotcheting, simple past and past participle crotcheted)
- (obsolete) to play music in measured time
- The nimblest crotcheting musician
- Archaic form of crochet (knit by looping)
Norman
Etymology
From Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc (with diminutive suffix -et), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”).
Noun
crotchet m (plural crotchets)
- (Jersey, punctuation) bracket
Derived terms
- crotchet cârré (“square bracket”)
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stunt
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
Unknown. Compare Middle Low German stunt (“a shoulder grip with which you throw someone on their back”), Middle English stunt (“foolish; stupid”).
Noun
stunt (plural stunts)
- A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
- (archaic) skill
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
- "See if you can hit the barrel, Joe," urged George Bland. "A lot of us have missed it, including Peaches, who seems to think his particular stunt is high throwing."
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
- (American football) A special means of rushing the quarterback done to confuse the opposing team's offensive line.
Hyponyms
- publicity stunt
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Danish: stunt
- ? German: Stunt
- ? Norwegian Bokmål: stunt
- ? Norwegian Nynorsk: stunt
Translations
Verb
stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)
- (intransitive, cheerleading) To perform a stunt.
- (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To show off; to posture.
- 2015, Seth Turner Jr., Brother: The Self-made Story of a St. Louis Entrepreneur:
- I was that interested because I wanted the Z28, but I wasn't going another day with Sterling stunting on me with the Contour.
- 2015, Seth Turner Jr., Brother: The Self-made Story of a St. Louis Entrepreneur:
Translations
Etymology 2
From dialectal stunt (“stubborn, dwarfed”), from Middle English stont, stunt (“short, brief”), from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, compact, stupid, dull”). Cognate with Middle High German stunz (“short”), Old Norse stuttr (“short in stature, dwarfed”). Related to Old English styntan (“to make dull, stupefy, become dull, repress”). More at stint.
Verb
stunt (third-person singular simple present stunts, present participle stunting, simple past and past participle stunted)
- (transitive) To check or hinder the growth or development of.
Translations
Noun
stunt (plural stunts)
- A check in growth.
- That which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
- A two-year-old whale, which, having been weaned, is lean and yields little blubber.
Anagrams
- Nutts
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
stunt m (plural stunts, diminutive stuntje n)
- stunt
Verb
stunt
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of stunten
- imperative of stunten
Middle English
Noun
stunt
- Alternative form of stound: various spans of time.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English stunt.
Noun
stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta or stuntene)
- a stunt
Derived terms
- stuntmann
References
- “stunt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English stunt.
Noun
stunt n (definite singular stuntet, indefinite plural stunt, definite plural stunta)
- a stunt
Derived terms
- stuntmann
References
- “stunt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, stunted; stupid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stunt/
Adjective
stunt
- stupid, foolish
- (substantive) idiot, fool
Declension
Synonyms
- dwæs
Descendants
- Middle English: stunt, stont
- English: stunt
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