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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•rote or ga•rotte /gəˈrɑt/USA pronunciation n., v., -rot•ed, -rot•ing or -rot•ted, -rot•ting. n. - [uncountable] a method of capital punishment in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs.
- [countable] a wire with a handle at each end, used for strangling a victim.
v. [~ + object] - to execute by the garrote.
- to kill or strangle with a garrote.
gar•rot•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•rote (gə rōt′, -rot′),USA pronunciation n., v., -rot•ed, -rot•ing. n. - a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution.
- strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery.
- an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim.
v.t. - to execute by the garrote.
- to strangle or throttle, esp. in the course of a robbery.
Also, garote, garotte, garrotte. - ?
- Spanish garrote or French garrot packing-stick
- 1615–25
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gar•rotte (gə rot′, -rōt′),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -rot•ted, -rot•ting. - garrote.
gar•rot′ter, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: garrotte, garrote, garotte /ɡəˈrɒt/ n - a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck
- the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions
- obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery
vb (transitive)- to execute by means of the garrotte
- to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origingarˈrotter, garˈroter, gaˈrotter n |