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garrot¹

  • /ˈɡæɹət/

Rhymes with -æɹət

Where it comes from

From French garrot. Doublet of garrote.

noun garrots

  1. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound.
  2. Caribbean, derogatory An Antiguan.

garrot²

verb garrots · garroting · garroted

  1. alternative Alternative form of garrote

garrot³

Where it comes from

Unknown.

noun garrots

  1. A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

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noun stick used for tightening

Русскийзакру́тка zakrútka, жгут žgut, турнике́т turnikét

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"garrot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/garrot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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garrot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/garrot

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"garrot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/garrot.

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@misc{garrot_2026,
  title = {garrot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garrot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}