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What (who) is noose - definition
LOOP AT THE END OF A ROPE IN WHICH THE KNOT TIGHTENS UNDER LOAD AND CAN BE LOOSENED WITHOUT
Running knot; Nooses
noose
(nooses)
A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people.
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noose
¦ noun a loop with a running knot which tightens as the rope or wire is pulled, used especially to hang offenders or trap animals.
¦ verb apply a noose to; catch with a noose.
?form (a rope) into a noose.
Phrases
put one's head in a noose bring about one's own downfall.
Origin
ME: prob. via OFr. no(u)s from L. nodus 'knot'.
Wikipedia
Noose
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure a rope to a post, pole, or animal but only where the end is in a position that the loop can be passed over.
Examples of use of noose
1. By slowly tightening the noose it can be gently slid off until the noose is completely closed.
2. Constantine‘s colleagues discovered the noose hanging from her office door.
3. Still, it appears the noose has closed on Bin Laden.
4. Cocke and her attorney consider the noose priceless.
5. Bush referred to the noose cases in his remarks yesterday.