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BNC: 22641 COCA: 14639

noose

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
noose /ˈnuːs/ noun
plural nooses
noose
/ˈnuːs/
noun
plural nooses
Learner's definition of NOOSE
[count]
: a large loop at the end of a rope that gets smaller when you pull the rope and that is used to hang people, to capture animals, etc.绞索;索套;活套

tighten the noose

: to make a situation more difficult for someone使(某人)处境更加困难;加紧控制
BNC: 22641 COCA: 14639

noose

1 of 2

noun

1
: a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
2
: something that snares like a noose

noose

2 of 2

verb

noosed; noosing

transitive verb

1
: to secure by a noose
2
: to make a noose in or of

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
China’s military strategists see a blockade as a strategy that gives them flexibility to tighten or loosen a noose around Taiwan, depending on Beijing’s objectives. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Reported by Gary Smith, a Hall-of-Fame level sportswriter, the article describes the young Tyson watching as grown men placed a noose around his friend’s neck and threw him off the side of a building. Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 Telling the board of directors about my mental health and hearing their compassionate response lifted an anvil of anxiety off my chest and loosened the noose of shame around my neck. Andy Dunn As Told To Marty Munson, Men's Health, 10 May 2022 The article detailed an incident from several months earlier, in which an officer who had arrived to work with a Confederate flag and a noose displayed on his pickup truck had initially avoided an official reprimand. Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Not long after, vandalism in a campus bathroom depicted a stick figure hanging from a noose with the N-word next to it. Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022 Certainly, these recent instances of cultural and political tone deafness – the noose on a college campus and a Confederate flag license plate – are examples of how threats and symbols made popular in the aftermath of the war remain popular today. Daina Ramey Berry, Chron, 30 May 2022 Russia is tightening the noose on Ukrainian troops in the country's east. Patrick Galey, NBC News, 26 May 2022 That car was later found abandoned as well, but the noose was tightening. Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English nose, of uncertain origin

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1604, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of noose was in the 15th century
BNC: 22641 COCA: 14639
noose

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + NOOSE | NOOSE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEhangman's絞索VERB + NOOSEfasten, tie收緊/繫上套索They tied a noose around her neck.他們把絞索繫在她脖子上。pull, tighten拉套索;勒緊套索make打活扣NOOSE + VERBtighten套索收緊PREPOSITIONin a/the noose, into a/the noose處在/進入套索裏He put his head into the noose.他把頭伸進套索。noose around, noose round (especially BrE) 繞着⋯的活扣The noose tightened around her neck.她脖子上的活扣收緊了。

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