: a long light rope (as of hemp or leather) used with a running noose to catch livestock or with or without the noose to tether grazing animals : lasso
Example Sentences
the cowboy could throw a lariat around a running steer's head from 20 yards away
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Sienna Miller in a Boucheron tassel lariat.
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Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
Grant hung his lariat on a nail in disgust, sat on the ground, and watched Rufus practice.
—Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
Jemma Wynne’s lariat with diamond slider and diamond end tips can be layered with shorter necklaces or worn on it’s own.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 11 July 2022
At least one of the agents at the center of the probe — the officer seen wielding a rope known as a lariat while grabbing a migrant by the collar — has not yet been contacted for an interview.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2021
The film, knowingly set in Orwell’s infamous year, makes a point when Wonder Woman wields her lariat against a would-be overlord’s worldwide deception: Only unified truth will set us free.
—Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
His trailing leg embroiders the glide with lariat-like curlicues, but what draws a viewer’s eye, hypnotically, is the motor: the spiraling, snaking motion of those hips.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
On December 2, Scherzinger attended The British Fashion Awards in London, hitting the red carpet in a sparkling, black Julien MacDonald gown featuring open shoulders and a lariat-like neckline.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Dec. 2019
More recent talismans hung on a wall next to her desk: a looped lariat, two weathered cowboy hats, a wolf photograph.
—Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
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Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
Grant hung his lariat on a nail in disgust, sat on the ground, and watched Rufus practice.
—Thomas Mcguane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
Jemma Wynne’s lariat with diamond slider and diamond end tips can be layered with shorter necklaces or worn on it’s own.
—Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 11 July 2022
At least one of the agents at the center of the probe — the officer seen wielding a rope known as a lariat while grabbing a migrant by the collar — has not yet been contacted for an interview.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2021
The film, knowingly set in Orwell’s infamous year, makes a point when Wonder Woman wields her lariat against a would-be overlord’s worldwide deception: Only unified truth will set us free.
—Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2020
His trailing leg embroiders the glide with lariat-like curlicues, but what draws a viewer’s eye, hypnotically, is the motor: the spiraling, snaking motion of those hips.
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2019
On December 2, Scherzinger attended The British Fashion Awards in London, hitting the red carpet in a sparkling, black Julien MacDonald gown featuring open shoulders and a lariat-like neckline.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 3 Dec. 2019
More recent talismans hung on a wall next to her desk: a looped lariat, two weathered cowboy hats, a wolf photograph.
—Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 29 May 2019
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“Lariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lariat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2023.
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