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garrot

/ˈɡæɹət/

garrot noun: a stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. Also the alternative form of garrote.

Noun (1)

garrot (plural 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.

Noun (2)

garrot (plural garrots)

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

Also used as

garrot is also the alternative form of garrote.

Forms of garrot

Noun
pluralgarrots
Verb
third-person singular presentgarrots
present participlegarroting
past participlegarroted
pastgarroted

Origin of garrot

From French garrot. Doublet of garrote.

Unknown.

Words that rhyme with garrot

Questions about garrot

What does garrot mean?
Garrot means a stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.
What part of speech is garrot?
Garrot is a noun.
How do you pronounce garrot?
Garrot is pronounced /ˈɡæɹət/.
What is the plural of garrot?
The plural of garrot is garrots.

Words near garrot in the dictionary

  1. Garrods
  2. garron
  3. garronite
  4. garrons
  5. Garros
  6. garrot
  7. garrote
  8. garroted
  9. garroter
  10. garroters
  11. garrotes

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