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slip noose

[slip-noos]

slip·noose

[slip-noos]
noun
a noose with a knot that slides along the rope, thus forming a noose that tightens as the rope is pulled.
Also, slip noose.


Origin:
1840–50; slip1 + noose
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slip noose

noun
a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled [syn: noose
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