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noose
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What does noose mean?
noun
- An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
verb
- To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
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IPA pronunciation
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As soon as he had spoken these words, not showing the least sign of fear, he offered his neck to the noose.
Tarzan let the first two pass beneath him, but as the third came swiftly on, the quiet noose dropped about the black throat.
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In refraining from murder, adultery, theft, or other sins, I do so under compulsion because I fear the jail, the noose, the electric chair.
The noose is made by fastening a small iron eyelet to an end of the rope, and through this the other end is drawn.
She made a noose of her apron, fastened one end to a chair and the other to the top of a window.