noose

/nuːs/

noun 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ

hangman's

VERB + NOOSE

fasten, tie | pull, tighten | make

NOOSE + VERB

tighten

PREP

in/into a/the

The escaped prisoner was caught with a noose around his neck near the forest.

~ around/round

A rope with a noose around it hung from the old tree branch.

noun

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Put someone's head in a noose

In its final messages before Adam [Raine] took his life in April, the chatbot offered instructions for how to tie a noose.

verb

To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

noun — a trap for birds or small mammals

Put someone's head in a noose

Wiktionary

In its final messages before Adam [Raine] took his life in April, the chatbot offered instructions for how to tie a noose.

Wiktionary

He fashioned a noose out of the bed sheets and hung himself in his cell.

Tatoeba · #1188667

They tied Pinocchio's hands behind his shoulders and slipped the noose around his neck.

Tatoeba · #2724589

Ignorance smothers like a noose.

Tatoeba · #4085275

They slowly tightened the noose around Layla's neck.

Tatoeba · #6079087

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