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Definition of 'noose' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) noose
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare or lasso, that tightens as the rope is pulled.

2.  noose
a tie; snare.

3. (v.t.) noose
to secure by a noose.

4.  noose
to make a noose with or in (a rope or the like).

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME nose, perh. < OF

Definition of 'noose' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) snare, gin, noose
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

2. (verb) noose, running noose, slip noose
a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

3. (verb) noose
make a noose in or of

4. (verb) noose
secure with a noose


Definition of 'noose' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) noose
a running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn

2. (verb) noose
to tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare


Translation of 'noose' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a loop in rope, wire etc that becomes tighter when pulled.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: strop, strik Arabic flag Arabic: أنْشوطَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: клуп
Brazilian flag Brazilian: laço Czech flag Czech: smyčka, oko German flag German: die Schlinge
Danish flag Danish: løkke Greek flag Greek: θηλιά Spanish flag Spanish: lazo
Estonian flag Estonian: silmus Farsi flag Farsi: دام؛ بند؛ تله Finnish flag Finnish: juoksusilmukka
French flag French: noeud coulant Hebrew flag Hebrew: לוּלָאָה Hindi flag Hindi: फन्दा, फांस
Croatian flag Croatian: petlja, zamka Hungarian flag Hungarian: siklóhurok Indonesian flag Indonesian: jerat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: snara Italian flag Italian: nodo scorsoio Japanese flag Japanese: 輪なわ
Korean flag Korean: 당기면 죄어지는 매듭 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kilpa Latvian flag Latvian: cilpa
Malay flag Malay: jerut Dutch flag Dutch: lus Norwegian flag Norwegian: løkke
Polish flag Polish: pętla samozaciskowa Persian flag Persian: دام؛ بند؛ تله Pashto flag Pashto: دام،تلكه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: laço Romanian flag Romanian: laţ Russian flag Russian: петля
Slovak flag Slovak: slučka, oko Slovenian flag Slovenian: zanka Serbian flag Serbian: omča
Swedish flag Swedish: löpsnara Thai flag Thai: ห่วงหรือบ่วง Turkish flag Turkish: ilmik
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 活結, 套索 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: петля, аркан Urdu flag Urdu: پھندا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thòng lọng Chinese flag Chinese: 活结,套索

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