ga'rotter
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garrotte, garrote or garotte (ɡəˈrɒt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck |
| 2. | the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions |
| 3. | obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to execute by means of the garrotte |
| 5. | to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery |
| [C17: from Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origin] | |
| garrote, garrote or garotte | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origin] | |
| garotte, garrote or garotte | |
| —n | |
| —vb | |
| [C17: from Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origin] | |
| gar'rotter, garrote or garotte | |
| —n | |
| gar'roter, garrote or garotte | |
| —n | |
| ga'rotter, garrote or garotte | |
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Ga'rotter
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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