Synonyms for noose

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noos

Phonetic Transcription : nus

Définition of noose

Origin : mid-15c., perhaps from Old French nos or cognate Old Provençal nous "knot," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Rare before c.1600.

noun loop

Example sentences :

Old Noll had a noose of hemp ready for horse-stealers, were they for King or for Parliament.
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Standing behind me, jerking at the noose, he commanded me to hold up my hands.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

If he were hanged for it he had run his craig into the noose.
Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge

He shook out the noose of his rope, and it sang as it whirled in the air.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

Wait till you see me slipping my neck into a noose held by your fingers.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

They silenced him by leading him to the wall and adjusting the noose.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

Then he had broken through it behind the noose, and safely made off with the bait.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

I put my neck in a noose no longer for any man but myself—surely not for a woman!
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

Now, at his second trial, he dropped the noose right across the punt.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

"I don't know how far into the noose I'm putting my head with this one, Diana," he said.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

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