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noun
1.
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
verb (used with object)
2.
to catch with or as with a lasso.
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Related forms
las·so·er, noun
un·las·soed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
lasso
1807 (v.); 1808 (n.), Amer.Eng., from Sp. lazo, from L. laqueum (nom. laqueus) "noose, snare" (see lace).
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