crochet

Plural: crochets

Noun

needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.

Verb

Verb Forms: crocheted, crocheting, crochets

To make fabric using a hook and yarn.
create by looping or crocheting
- "crochet a bedspread"
make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle
- "She sat there crocheting all day"
To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

Examples

The intricate word seemed to CROCHET its way across the Scrabble board.

Origin / 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 *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.

Synonyms

crocheting, hook

Scrabble Score: 14

crochet: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
crochet: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
crochet: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

crochet: valid Words With Friends Word