crochet

Meanings

Noun

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

Verb

• To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.

Origin

• From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét, diminutive of Old French croc, from Old Frankish *krōk or from Old Norse krókr, both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerg-. Cognate with Middle English croc, Middle Dutch croec, croc. Compare crotchet. More at crook, crooked.