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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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