different between whim vs crochet

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(h)w?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Clipping of whim-wham.

Noun

whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)

1. A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Churchill to this entry?)

     Let every man enjoy his whim.

2. (mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes

Synonyms

• (fancy): lark, especially in phrase on a whim, see also Thesaurus:whim

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)

1. (rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

Further reading

• Picture of a horse-powered whim used to wind the cables on to work the mine between the depth of 50 feet to 500 feet - photo taken at Gympie, Queensland, Australia

Etymology 2

Compare whimbrel.

Noun

whim (plural whims)

1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

English

Alternative forms

• crotchet (archaic)

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 *kr?k (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *kr?kaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English cr?c (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, cr?c (“curl”). Compare crotchet. More at crook, crooked.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?o???e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

crochet (plural crochets)

1. Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
2. A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)

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

Translations

French

Etymology

From croc +? -et with palatalization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.??/

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. hook (rod bent into a curved shape)
2. (typography) square bracket
3. fang (of snake)
4. crochet
5. (boxing) hook
6. (soccer, rugby) sidestep
7. detour

Derived terms

• au crochet de
• crocheter

Descendants

• ? English: crochet
• ? Portuguese: colchete, crochet
• ? Spanish: corchete
• ? Turkish: kro?e

Further reading

• “crochet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of crachet

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• croché, crochê

Etymology

Borrowed from French crochet.

Noun

crochet m (plural crochets)

1. (sewing) crochet (needlework made by looping thread)

Romanian

Etymology

From French croquet.

Noun

crochet n (uncountable)

1. croquet

Declension

Spanish

Noun

crochet m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of croché