garrotte
verb /ɡəˈrɒt/
/ɡəˈrɑːt/
(also garotte)
(US English also garrote)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they garrotte | /ɡəˈrɒt/ /ɡəˈrɑːt/ |
| he / she / it garrottes | /ɡəˈrɒts/ /ɡəˈrɑːts/ |
| past simple garrotted | /ɡəˈrɒtɪd/ /ɡəˈrɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle garrotted | /ɡəˈrɒtɪd/ /ɡəˈrɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form garrotting | /ɡəˈrɒtɪŋ/ /ɡəˈrɑːtɪŋ/ |
- garrotte somebody to kill somebody by putting a piece of wire, etc. around their neck and pulling it tight
- He had been garrotted, and his tongue had been cut out.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via French from Spanish garrote ‘a cudgel, a garrotte’, perhaps of Celtic origin.