garrotte

Other spellings

• (US) garrote

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɡəˈrɒt/ or /ɡəˈroʊt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular garrotte

Plural garrottes

1. (countable) A garrotte is an iron collar that was used in Spain to execute people by strangling them.

Verb

Plain form garrotte

Third-person singular garrottes

Past tense garrotted

Past participle garrotted

Present participle garrotting

1. (transitive) If you garrotte someone, you execute them by strangling or killing them with a garrotte.