slip noose

Questions about slip noose

What does slip noose mean?

slip noose means "a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled".

What is another word for slip noose?

Close synonyms include noose, running 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 slip noose a common word?

slip noose is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.