verbWord forms: -chets (-ʃeɪz, -ʃɪz), -cheting (-ʃeɪɪŋ, -ʃɪɪŋ) or -cheted (-ʃeɪd, -ʃɪd)1. to make (a piece of needlework, a garment, etc) by looping and intertwining thread with a hooked needle (crochet hook)
noun2. work made by crocheting
3. architecture another name for crocket
4. zoology a hooklike structure of insect larvae that aids locomotion
Word origin
C19: from French
crochet, diminutive of
croc hook, probably of Scandinavian origin