ganch
transitive verb
variants or less commonly gansh
ˈganch,
-ȧ-
-ed/-ing/-es
: to execute or kill by impaling on stakes or hooks
field mice … ganched upon the hooks
D. C. Peattie
D. C. Peattie
Word History
Etymology
modification of Turkish kancalamak to put on a hook, from kanca large hook, modification of Greek gampsos curved
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