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running noose

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running noose
n.
See noose.
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Noun1.running nooserunning noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
slip noose, noose
clench, clinch - a small slip noose made with seizing
hangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie, halter, hemp - a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
lariat, reata, riata, lasso - a long noosed rope used to catch animals
slipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
loop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)


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I know well that in certain countries, particularly in the Andaman Islands, the negroes never hesitate to attack them with a dagger in one hand and a running noose in the other; but I also know that few who affront those creatures ever return alive.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The Gaucho, when he is going to use the lazo, keeps a small coil in his bridle-hand, and in the other holds the running noose which is made very large, generally having a diameter of about eight feet.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
Instantly the old man slipped the running noose over one of the lad's wrists, took a couple of half hitches about his other wrist, and knotted the cord.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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