| NOUN | artifact | slip noose, noose, running noose | a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot |
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| Meaning | A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled. | |
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| Synonyms | noose, running noose | |
| Part of | hangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie | A rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging |
| lasso, lariat, riata, reata | A long noosed rope used to catch animals | |
| Parts | slipknot | A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made |
| Narrower | clinch, clench | A small slip noose made with seizing |
| Broader | loop | Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) |
| Spanish | dogal, lazo | |
| Catalan | baga, llaçada | |
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