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noun

Definition of lassonext
as in lariat
a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock the cowpuncher skillfully tossed the lasso around the calf's neck

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of lasso
Noun
Video shows the bull calmly walking in a suburban neighborhood, while additional footage shows three authorities mounted on horses swinging lassos above their heads trying to rein in the animal. — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 Visitors can salsa dance in Puerto Rico, milk a mechanical cow in Michigan, walk through an orange-scented citrus grove in Florida, practice their lasso skills in Wyoming, pick up Mardi Gras beads in Louisiana, send a postcard from West Virginia and peruse a Waffle House menu in Georgia. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 June 2026
Verb
Ashe is a rocket ship that can’t be reined in, and watching the restrained, comparably rational Coop try to lasso him is reliably entertaining. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026 By taking out the clear nods to commerce and branding, however, Tecovas hopes its short movie will lasso consumers with a vibe, not a value proposition. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lasso
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasso
  1. lariat
  2. rope
  3. grapple
  4. corral
  5. grab
  6. glove
Noun
  • Willow fought back with a left-arm lariat, damaging her injured hand in the process.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Jory comes over quite frequently and has never, ever brought his lariat with him before.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of lariat
Verb
  • Local authorities would rope together timber logs for a makeshift bridge, but in the rainy season, the logs would grow slippery and floods would wash them away.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of rope
Verb
  • Automakers are also grappling with certain skilled labor shortages and an aging human workforce—although the push to deploy more robots and AI has generated backlash from labor unions concerned about layoffs and pressure on worker compensation.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, the women have grappled with their relationship with Paul, and most of the cast have ended their friendship with her.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of grapple
Verb
  • Los Angeles police corralled and arrested scores of minibike riders on Sunday, thwarting a takeover of 6th Street Bridge.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But with two outs in the inning, Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery hit a liner that Mangum had no chance of corralling for a double off the right-field wall.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of corral
Verb
  • An urge strong enough to pull me away from the kitchen, grab my computer, and steal a table outside to scribble out my thoughts.
    — Samantha Rees, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The video then shows the deputy grabbing the wallet and opening it, showing Bolduc and the bodycam the contents.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of grab
Verb
  • Don’t allow smoking near your garden, and wash your hands or glove them before tending tomatoes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
  • If not for Kevin Orie’s failure to glove a Ricky Gutierrez grounder leading off the third, which was ruled a hit, Wood might have had a no-hitter to boot.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
Definition of glove

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“Lasso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasso. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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