lariat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish la reata (the lasso).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lariat (plural lariats)

  1. A lasso.
    • Around 1900, O Henry, A Call Loan
      Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name.
  2. A tether.
  3. (wrestling) An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.

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Verb[edit]

lariat (third-person singular simple present lariats, present participle lariating, simple past and past participle lariated)

  1. (transitive) To lasso.
    • 1880, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 52, page 84:
      Here they dismounted, lariated their horses, in order that they might enjoy the long, green grass growing near the banks of the brook; and bathing their faces in the cool, sparkling water, they partook sparingly of their provisions.

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