noose

English

A noose

Pronunciation

• enPR: noo͞s, IPA: /nuːs/, SAMPA: /nu:s/

  Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

1. An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Derived terms

• hangman's noose

Translations

an adjustable loop or rope

Catalan: llaç Chinese Characters: 繯, 缳 Czech: oprátka (cs) f. Danish: løkke (da) Dutch: strop (nl) Finnish: silmukka (fi), juoksusilmukka French: nœud coulant (fr) m., lacs (fr) German: Schlinge (de) f. Greek: θηλιά (el) (thiliá) f. Irish: dol (ga) Italian: cappio (it) m. Japanese: 輪縄 (ja)

Latin: laqueus (la) Norwegian: renneløkke (no) c., rennesnare (no) c. Polish: pętla (pl) f. Portuguese: laço (pt), nó (pt) Romanian: laț (ro) Russian: петля (ru) (pétlja, petljá) f. Scottish Gaelic: lùb (gd) f. Slovene: zanka (sl) f. Spanish: dogal (es) m. Swedish: löpsnara (sv) c., rännsnara (sv) c.

Verb

noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)

1. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Anagrams

• osone, soone