noose

1. 1.

   make a noose in or of

   Broaderloop
2. 2.

   secure with a noose

   Broaderfasten

Other forms of noose

plural

nooses·

past tense

noosed·

present participle

noosing·

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 noose

What does noose mean?

noose means "a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in noose?

noose has 1 syllable: noose. In IPA it is /ˈnus/.

What is another word for noose?

Close synonyms include snare, gin, running noose, slip noose. 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 noose a common word?

noose is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with noose?

1 word rhymes with noose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.