noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/
General-American:/ˈtɝ.nɪ.kɪt/
General-American:/ˈtʊɚ.nɪ.kɪt/
General-American:/ˈtɝ.nɪ.keɪ/
Canada:/ˈtɝnɪki/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several similar methods of clamping components into position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A turnstile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To apply a tourniquet bandage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compression bandage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bandage, patch
History
Etymology
From French tourniquet, from tourner (“to turn”).
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
жгут
(žhut)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Belarusian:
джгут
(džhut)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Bulgarian:
турникет
(turniket)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Catalan:
torniquet
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Chinese Mandarin:
止血帶 /止血带
(zhǐxuèdài)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Czech:
zaškrcovadlo
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Czech:
škrtidlo
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Danish:
årepresse
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Finnish:
kiristysside
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
French:
garrot
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
French:
tourniquet
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
German:
Tourniquet
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
German:
Aderpresse
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
German:
Stauschlauch
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hebrew:
חוֹסֵם עוֹרְקִים
(khosém 'or'kím)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hungarian:
érnyomó
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hungarian:
ércsíptető
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hungarian:
érszorító
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hungarian:
érleszorító
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Hungarian:
turniculum
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Icelandic:
stasi
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Icelandic:
snarvölur
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Icelandic:
blóðrásarband
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Italian:
laccio emostatico
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Japanese:
止血帯
(shiketsutai)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Kazakh:
бұрау
(būrau)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Khmer:
ប្រដាប់ចង់ទប់ឈាម
(prɑɑdapcɑngtupchiəm)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Korean:
지혈대
(jihyeoldae)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Māori:
takai tauteka
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Norwegian Bokmål:
omsnøring
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Norwegian Bokmål:
turniké
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Plautdietsch:
Aufbinjsel
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Plautdietsch:
Ombinjsel
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Polish:
opaska uciskowa
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Polish:
staza
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Portuguese:
torniquete
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Russian:
жгут
(žgut)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Scottish Gaelic:
casg-fala
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Spanish:
torniquete
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Spanish:
garrote
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Swedish:
tryckförband
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Swedish:
tryckbandage
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Turkish:
turnike
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Ukrainian:
джгут
(džhut)
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Vietnamese:
garô
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
Welsh:
rhwymyn tynhau
— a tightly compressed bandage used to stop bleeding
