crochet, crocheting
(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle
crochet, hook
(verb) make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; “She sat there crocheting all day”
crochet
(verb) create by looping or crocheting; “crochet a bedspread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crochet (plural crochets)
Needlework made by looping thread with a hooked needle.
A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceros.
crochet (third-person singular simple present crochets, present participle crocheting, simple past and past participle crocheted)
(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.
Crochet (plural Crochets)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crochet is the 12333rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2521 individuals. Crochet is most common among White (94.21%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cro*chet" (kr-sh"), n. Etym: [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.]
Definition: A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.
Cro*chet", v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Crocheted (shd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting (-sh"ng).]
Definition: To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
