Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sea-duck of the genus Clangula, subfamily Fuligulinæ, and family Anatidæ.
- noun In surgery, a compressing bandage, tightened by twisting a small cylinder of wood, by which the arteries of a limb are compressed for the purpose of suspending the flow of blood in cases of hemorrhage, aneurism, amputation, etc.
- noun A quarrel for the crossbow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European golden-eye.
- noun (Surg.) A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stick or small woodencylinder used for tightening abandage , in order to compress the arteries of a limb. - noun A bird, the European goldeneye.
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Examples
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A Chardeni whipmaster was trying to snare the mutant's ankles while a Drilikan assassin looped a garrot around his neck.
Addicts Tree Riesener 2010
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Unfortunately, he wasn't quick enough to prevent the garrot from taking hold around his neck-but even then, he was far from vanquished.
Addicts Tree Riesener 2010
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Addams tells stories in which people electrocute, poison and garrot one another but in which nobody gets electrocuted, poisoned or garroted.
The Charms of the Macabre Andrew Stark 2010
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Addams tells stories in which people electrocute, poison and garrot one another but in which nobody gets electrocuted, poisoned or garroted.
The Charms of the Macabre Andrew Stark 2010
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Addams tells stories in which people electrocute, poison and garrot one another but in which nobody gets electrocuted, poisoned or garroted.
The Charms of the Macabre Andrew Stark 2010
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Drake: Please, I do not "Yank" off heads, I SEVER them, becuase after an initial garrot there are some significant bones to go through like...a spine.
The great Lesbian Sleepover - Part I (again!) Elizabeth McClung 2008
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They went there to debate with the bag in one hand and the garrot in the other; it is unnecessary to say that even if they had not taken the bag, they would have obtained the declaration of Costa Rica.
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Furthermore, even if they had not taken the garrot, they would have voted with imperialism.
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For suppose you lay in wait for your enemy and beat or otherwise maltreated him: the chances were that he would either punish you himself or invoke the law to do it for him; while if you removed him by means of the garrot, the knife or the poisoned glass, no matter how discreetly the deed was done the hangman was pretty sure to get you sooner or later.
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Too right, I've just been for a dump and had Cato dive out of a cubicle at me, before trying to garrot me with an ethernet cable.
Army Rumour Service 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word garrot
"2. In surgery, a compressing bandage, tightened by twisting a small cylinder of wood, by which the arteries of a limb are compressed for the purpose of suspending the flow of blood in cases of hemorrhage, aneurism, amputation, etc." -- Cent. Dict.
July 13, 2011
bilby commented on the word garrot
I hope they're orange.
July 13, 2011