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1garrote
noun gar·rote \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\
: a device (such as a piece of wire with a handle at each end) that is used to strangle someone
Full 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
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Variants of GARROTE
gar·rote or ga·rotte \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\
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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
verb
: to strangle (someone) with a garrote
gar·rot·ed or ga·rott·edgar·rot·ing or ga·rott·ing
Full Definition of GARROTE
transitive verb
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
— gar·rot·er noun
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Variants of GARROTE
garrote or garotte
First Known Use of GARROTE
1851
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