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Meanings of noose in English
A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled.
Usage of noose in English
1
This new law further tightens the noose, he said in a statement.
2
The noose of history tightens; this battle can only end one way.
3
But he licked the hand of the boy that tied the noose.
4
The boy began spinning the noose of the lariat above his head.
5
A simple noose is all you need to make an effective snare.
6
As it did so the Indians pulled the noose tighter and tighter.
7
Just be ready to tighten the noose when you hear the signal.
8
Whether tied in 2019, or whatever, it was a noose, he said.
9
They saw the noose swinging in an undulating circle above his head.
10
He re-coiled it carefully and made a running noose in one end.
11
Though enmeshed in the noose of Varuna, he still regards himself immortal.
12
The noose slipped as far as the tail fins and there stopped.
13
A moment later it pulled as bitterly tight as a hangman's noose.
14
A rope with a noose in it was swung close to him.
15
With this we formed a noose at the end of the pole.
16
A wire noose representing the rope used to hang above the tomb.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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