garrote
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noun \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\Definition of GARROTE
1
a : a method of execution by strangulation b : the apparatus used
2
: an implement (as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation
See Variants of GARROTE
gar·rote or ga·rotte \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\
Origin of GARROTE
Spanish garrote
First Known Use: 1622
Rhymes with GARROTE
à droite, allot, a lot, ascot, a shot, Banat, bank shot, besot, big shot, black rot, black spot, blind spot, bloodshot, bowknot, boycott, brown rot, buckshot, bullshot, cachepot, calotte, cheap shot, chip shot, crackpot, Crock-Pot, culotte, dashpot, despot, dogtrot, dovecote, draw shot, dreadnought, drop shot, drylot, dry rot, dunk shot, ear rot, earshot, ergot, eyeshot, eyespot, feedlot, fiat, firepot, fleshpot, foot rot, foul shot, fox-trot, fusspot, fylfot, gavotte, grapeshot, G-spot, gunshot, half-knot, have-not, highspot, hotchpot, hot pot, hotshot, ikat, jackpot, job lot, jog trot, jump shot, Kalat, Korat, kumquat, leaf spot, long shot, loquat, love knot, manat, marplot, moon shot, motmot, mug shot, nightspot, odd lot, one-shot, Pequot, Pol Pot, potshot, Rabat, red-hot, reef knot, ring spot, robot, root knot, root rot, sandlot, set shot, sexpot, Shabbat, Shebat, sheepcote, slap shot, slingshot, slipknot, slungshot, snapshot, soft rot, soft spot, somewhat, split shot, square knot, stinkpot, stockpot, subplot, sunspot, sweet spot, sword knot, teapot, tin-pot, topknot, tosspot, try-pot, upshot, wainscot, warm spot, whatnot, white-hot, woodlot, wood shot, wrist shot
2garrote
transitive verbgar·rot·ed or ga·rott·edgar·rot·ing or ga·rott·ing
Definition of GARROTE
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
— gar·rot·er noun
Variants of GARROTE
garrote or garotte
Examples of GARROTE
- <the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie>
First Known Use of GARROTE
1851
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