lasso

1. 1.

   catch with a lasso

   “rope cows”

   Synonymsrope

   Broaderget

Other forms of lasso

plural

lassoes

past tense

lassoed·

present participle

lassoing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lasso

What does lasso mean?

lasso means "Belgian composer (1532-1594)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lasso?

lasso has 2 syllables: las-so. The stress falls on "las". In IPA it is /ˈlæsoʊ/.

What is another word for lasso?

Close synonyms include Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus, lariat, riata, reata. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lasso a common word?

lasso is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.