estiracordetes

== Catalan == === Etymology === Verb-object compound, composed of estira (“to pull, to stretch”) +‎ cordetes (“small ropes”), from the diminutive of corda (“rope”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əsˌti.ɾə.kurˈdɛ.təs] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əsˌti.ɾə.korˈdə.təs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˌti.ɾa.koɾˈðe.tes] === Noun === estiracordetes m or f by sense (invariable) executioner's assistant (figurative) an accomplice in doing harm to someone === Further reading === “estiracordetes”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007