crotchet
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Musiccrotchetcrotch‧et /ˈkrɒtʃɪt $ ˈkrɑː-/ noun [countable] APM British English a musical note which continues for a quarter of the length of a semibreve SYN quarter note American English → minim, quaverExamples from the Corpuscrotchet• Note that only crotchet rhythm is given to the strings.