Definition of noose
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:a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
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:something that snares like a noose
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Examples of noose in a Sentence
a confirmed bachelor, he vows never to get caught in the noose of matrimony
Recent Examples of noose from the Web
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In a typical catch, his friend Mike Easter uses a noose on a pole to snare the animal, which can be 2 meters long or more.
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As the team attempted to put the snare, which is like a noose, around the animal's neck, the gator rolled, lunged toward the boat, and actually bit the side and part of the deck, cutting through the gelcoat above the fiberglass.
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Sixteen-year-old Lauryn Martin fashioned a blue scarf into a noose on Dec. 20, 2016, and hanged herself in the doorway at a Florida Keys youth shelter.
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The longtime free-speech advocate Nadine Strossen agreed that a noose menacingly directed at an African American student qualified.
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Fearing the hangman’s noose, Kenton fled westward and changed his name to Simon Butler.
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If the clearly visionary, clearly out-of-the-ordinary Valerian doesn’t set the books straight, the noose gets tighter.
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Surveillance video captured the white male coin maker walking across the factory floor with a noose in hand.
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An employee of U.S. Mint who is white has been placed on leave after placing a rope tied like a noose on a black coworker's chair.
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Origin and Etymology of noose
First Known Use of noose
circa 1604
NOOSE Defined for English Language Learners
noose
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noun
Definition of noose for English Language Learners
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: a large loop at the end of a rope that gets smaller when you pull the rope and that is used to hang people, to capture animals, etc.
NOOSE Defined for Kids
noose
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Definition of noose for Students
:a loop that passes through a knot at the end of a line so that it gets smaller when the other end of the line is pulled
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