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- [noos]
- /nus/
- /nuːs/
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- [noos]
- /nus/
Definitions of noose word
- noun noose a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled. 1
- noun noose a tie or bond; snare. 1
- verb with object noose to secure by or as by a noose. 1
- verb with object noose to make a noose with or in (a rope or the like). 1
- noun noose A loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals. 1
- noun noose rope for strangling 1
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Origin of noose
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English nose < ?
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Parts of speech for Noose
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
noose popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
noose usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for noose
noun noose
- loop — a hot bloom of pasty consistency, to be worked under a hammer or in rolls.
- lasso — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- lariat — a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- halter — Archaic. lameness; a limp.
- rope — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
verb noose
- strangulate — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strung up — tense, anxious
- stoppered — a person or thing that stops.
- string up — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- garrote — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
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