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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.
Exact synonyms: Running Noose, Slip Noose
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
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. to secure with a type of loop [v NOOSED, NOOSING, NOOSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noose
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