slipknot

or slip knot

[ slip-not ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

slipknot

/ ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

Also calledrunning knot a nooselike knot tied so that it will slip along the rope round which it is made
a knot that can be easily untied by pulling one free end

First recorded in 1650–60; slip ¹ + knot ¹

Wedding Hint: The minister ties the knot; time and lawyers may prove it to be a slipknot.

Then you get a long rope, and put one end in a slipknot loosely around the trunk.

Tie a slipknot at one end of a string, and show how to set it for snaring birds.

On his right a man had uncoiled a well-rope and was tying a slipknot in it.

The string of the kite is fastened round these balances by a slipknot.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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