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noose

  [noos] noun, verb, noosed, noos⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
2. a tie or bond; snare.
–verb (used with object)
3. to secure by or as by a noose.
4. to make a noose with or in (a rope or the like).
Origin:
1400–50; late ME nose < ?

Related forms:
nooser, noun
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noose   (nōōs)   
n.  
  1. A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose.
  2. A snare or trap.
tr.v.   noosed, noos·ing, noos·es
  1. To capture or hold by or as if by a noose.
  2. To make a noose of or in.

[Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos, nous, knot, from Latin nōdus; see node.]
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Noose

Noose\, n. [Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. n?ud, L. nodus. Cf. Node.] A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

Noose

Noose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.] To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : noose
Spanish: lazo,
German: die Schlinge,
Japanese: 輪なわ
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noose 
c.1450, from O.Fr. nos or cognate O.Prov. nous "knot," from L. nodus "knot." Rare before c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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