ganch
transitive verb
variants or less commonly gansh
ˈganch,
-ȧ-
-ed/-ing/-es
: to execute or kill by impaling on stakes or hooks
field mice … ganched upon the hooks
D. C. Peattie
D. C. Peattie
Word History
Etymology
modification of Turkish kancalamak to put on a hook, from kanca large hook, modification of Greek gampsos curved
- intransitivizeing
- intransitivizer
- intransitivizes
- intransitivizing
- intranslatable
- intransmissibility
- intransmissible
- intransmutable
- intrant
- intrants
- intraocular
- intraocularly
- intraorganismal
- intraorganizational
- intraparietal
- intraparty
- intraperitoneal
- intraperitoneally
- intrapersonal
- intrapetiolar
- intrapial
- intraplant
- intraplate
- intrapopulation
- intrapreneur