plural lassos or lassoes
: a rope or long thong of leather with a noose used especially for catching horses and cattle : lariat
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Examples of lasso in a Sentence
Verb
The cowboy lassoed the horse.
Noun
the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck
Recent Examples on the Web
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
People in the gallery — including you — get visually lassoed by the rings, almost as if being perceptually tethered against the buoyant possibility of floating away.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Icy material escapes from the moon into space until it’s recaptured in Saturn’s sweeping lasso.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Bane, the super-steroid injecting antagonist who was previously seen in the 2012 Christopher Nolan movie The Dark Knight Rises, and Deathstroke, another popular arch-nemesis in the comic book company’s fold, are being lassoed together and for a movie.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
People in the gallery — including you — get visually lassoed by the rings, almost as if being perceptually tethered against the buoyant possibility of floating away.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
Fans whip out their phones to record Ellie dancing atop the bleachers, swinging her signature braid (adorned with lights for the occasion) like a lasso.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
Icy material escapes from the moon into space until it’s recaptured in Saturn’s sweeping lasso.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Lasso.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lasso. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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lasso
2 of 2 verb
: to catch with a lasso
Etymology
Noun
from Spanish lazo "lasso," from Latin laqueus "noose, snare" — related to lace, lash entry 2 see Word History at lace
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