Garotting

/ɡəˈrɑːtɪŋ/ verb

Definition

British present participle of garotte; the act of strangling someone using a garotte.

Etymology

From garotte + -ing. British English doubles the final consonant before -ing (garotte → garotting), following standard British spelling rules.

Kelly Says

The British 'garotting' with double-t shows a language rule in action: consonant doubling before vowel suffixes—the same rule that makes 'run' become 'running,' now applied to a crime.

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