English Explanatory Dictionary

tourniquet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
  2. Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
  3. A turnstile.
verb
  1. To apply a tourniquet bandage.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/ /ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/ /ˈtɝ.nɪ.kɪt/ /ˈtʊɚ.nɪ.kɪt/ /ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/ /ˈtɝnɪki/ en-us-tourniquet.ogg en-au-tourniquet.ogg

Word forms

tourniquet tourniquets tourniqueting tourniquetting tourniqueted tourniquetted

Etymology

From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).

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