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RUNNING NOOSE

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English dictionary: Word overview

RUNNING NOOSE (noun)
  The noun RUNNING NOOSE has 1 sense:

1. a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

  Familiarity information: RUNNING NOOSE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


RUNNING NOOSE (noun)


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Meaning:

A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

running noose; slip noose; noose

Hypernyms ("running noose" is a kind of...):

loop (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))

Meronyms (parts of "running noose"):

slipknot (a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "running noose"):

clench; clinch (a small slip noose made with seizing)

Holonyms ("running noose" is a part of...):

halter; hangman's halter; hangman's rope; hemp; hempen necktie (a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging)

lariat; lasso; reata; riata (a long noosed rope used to catch animals)


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