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Definition of Noose
1. Noun. A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose.
2. Verb. Make a noose in or of.
3. Noun. A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled.
Specialized synonyms: Clench, Clinch
Group relationships: Halter, Hangman's Halter, Hangman's Rope, Hemp, Hempen Necktie, Lariat, Lasso, Reata, Riata
Terms within: Slipknot
Generic synonyms: Loop
4. Verb. Secure with a noose.
Definition of Noose
1. n. A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
2. v. t. To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Definition of Noose
1. Noun. An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Noose
1. to secure with a type of loop [v NOOSED, NOOSING, NOOSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noose
Literary usage of Noose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1878)
"The noose was also employed to catch the wild ox, the ante- No. ... The noose
was very similar to the lasso of South America, but it does not appear No. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"See HEIGHT. noon, a. midday, noonday, meridional (rare), meridian (rare). noose, n.
... passive, yielding. noose, ». t.: loop, catch. norm: standard, ..."
3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"If the b QUEERS THE noose, that silly cull will marry her. 1819. Old Song, '
Young Prig ' [FARMER, ..."
4. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"And he loosened a Indrajit binds ,11 -in 01, -in -IT 1 rn • p out *" a chariot
powerful noose which had been given to him by Brahma, the irresistible •iiii ..."
5. The Spending of the Money of Robert Nowell of Reade Hall, Lancashire by Alexander Balloch Grosart, Alexander Nowell (1877)
"... noose colledge the xxth of novemb' j Too one John haywoode,3 ... >xij» noose
in Oxforde, the some of xij' J To one John ..."
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