noose
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6.1
- noun
- /nuːs/
- NSFW
:
lazo corredizo
- The bonds forced Bouki to sit upright; if he relaxed, the noose would tighten.
- tie a noose
- noose around the neck
- hangman's noose
And they put a noose on his neck, dude.
- And they put a noose on his neck, dude.
- He shows up with the noose still around his neck when the cops arrived.
- So much so that the hangman's noose got a new nickname, Stolipin's necktie.
- less important and what became more important was tightening the noose on the cases. We already knew we had tight already.
- Someone hung a noose and his NASCAR's been so good.
- He's only this is a noose that's three feet off the ground.
- Like, oh, now I'm at the end of a noose.
Examples
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He was walking about with a noose round his neck and didn't know.
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The crowd grows noisier as they put the noose around Wallace's neck...
Fiction book (1995) -
Some wanted to put a noose around my neck.
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A man with a noose around his neck and nothin' to hang it on.
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Tonight we plan to tighten the noose a bit around both of them.
Fiction book (1990) -
In addition, a thin wire noose was strung about the creature's neck.
Fiction book (1992) -
The noose has closed.
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Can this approach be sustained in view of the tightening economic noose around Tehran, and at what cost?
Academic text (2012) -
Skeletons, each wearing a top hat, hang from the sconces by the nooses around their necks.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hunter used a noose to catch the rabbit in the forest.
Synonyms
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9.6
A rope loop used to hang a person
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8.7
A loop in a rope that gets tighter when pulled
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9.8
A rope that people use to kill someone by putting it around their neck and making them fall
A loop in a rope that tightens when you pull it
A rope used to hang a person sentenced to death
A strong rope tied into a loop for hanging people
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Noose comes from an old German word meaning 'snare' or 'loop', and long ago it meant a rope loop used to catch animals or, sadly, to hang someone.