Associations to the word «Noose»

Wiktionary

NOOSE, noun. An adjustable loop of rope, e.g. the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
NOOSE, verb. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

Dictionary definition

NOOSE, noun. A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose.
NOOSE, noun. A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled.
NOOSE, verb. Make a noose in or of.
NOOSE, verb. Secure with a noose.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne