ALL meanings of garrotte
gar·rotte
G g - noun garrotte An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. 1
- verb with object garrotte to execute by the garrote. 1
- verb with object garrotte to strangle or throttle, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
- noun garrotte a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain. 1
- noun garrotte the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution. 1
- noun garrotte strangulation or throttling, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
- noun garrotte an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim. 1
- verb garrotte If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly round their neck. 0
- countable noun garrotte A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone. 0
- noun garrotte a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck 0
- noun garrotte the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions 0
- noun garrotte strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery 0
- verb garrotte to execute by means of the garrotte 0
- verb garrotte to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery 0