Crochet
//kɹoʊˈʃeɪ// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
- 2 needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle wordnet
- 3 A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses.
Verb
- 1 To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread. ambitransitive
- 2 make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle wordnet
- 3 create by looping or crocheting wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"My grandmother Helen loved to crochet and knit, but she had to quit when her vision worsened."
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.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.