Definitions

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  • noun an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
  • noun something, especially a cord or wire used for strangulation
  • verb transitive to execute by strangulation

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  • verb strangle with an iron collar
  • noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

Etymologies

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From Spanish garrote

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Examples

  • Sometimes with a long rifle, sometimes up very close and personally with a knife or garrotte for the sake of silence.

    Habiiti Dawo Ga'an, Habi'do'atiil 2009

  • Sometimes with a long rifle, sometimes up very close and personally with a knife or garrotte for the sake of silence.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • I'll pull a near all-nighter writing rot of life's garrotte, the dead line pulling tighter.

    Countdown 2010

  • And late that night, after all the children were nestled snug in their beds, dreaming of sugarplums and what not, Betty would quietly enter the housekeeper's bedroom and choke her out with a garrotte, and subsequently disposing of her body in Lake Memphremagog.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • And late that night, after all the children were nestled snug in their beds, dreaming of sugarplums and what not, Betty would quietly enter the housekeeper's bedroom and choke her out with a garrotte, and subsequently disposing of her body in Lake Memphremagog.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Electrical cord had been wound around her head and the small handle of a magnifying glass had been used to tighten it like a garrotte.

    World record holder turned hitman jailed for murder 2010

  • Case saw the crude wooden handles that drifted at either end of the garrotte, like worn sections of broom handle.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • On the merest criticism of tax credits from the say Purnell-led frontbench, he'd gnaw our green leather seats through to their springs and garrotte with the microphones that dangle from the eves whomsoever of our number happened to be in the way.

    GORDON'S PRONOUNCED DIFFICULTIES Valleys Mam 2008

  • The way I heard it, they were ruled a safety hazard; some 'air rage' pisshead might grab it and use it as a garrotte.

    BA To Allow Staff To Wear Crosses Rogue Gunner 2007

  • Necros uses the headphone chord of his Walkman as a garrotte and has clever milk bottle bombs.

    Archive 2006-12-01 David Campbell 2006

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  • Not to be confused with a gavotte, a type of dance performed by Spanish seagulls.

    April 16, 2009

  • No, I wouldn't to confuse these.

    But I though you said you really enjoyed doing the gavotte!

    April 16, 2009