Definition of "garrot" []

• A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. (noun)
• A bird, the European goldeneye. (noun)

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• "Addams tells stories in which people electrocute, poison and garrot one another but in which nobody gets electrocuted, poisoned or garroted."
• "A Chardeni whipmaster was trying to snare the mutant's ankles while a Drilikan assassin looped a garrot around his neck."
• "Unfortunately, he wasn't quick enough to prevent the garrot from taking hold around his neck-but even then, he was far from vanquished."