Noose vs. Slipknot — What's the Difference?

A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot tightens under load and can be loosened without untying the knot. The knot can be used to secure a rope to a post, pole, or animal but only where the end is in a position that the loop can be passed over.

A knot made with a loop so that it slips easily along the rope or cord around which it is tied.

A loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and used to trap animals or hang people

A knot made so that it can readily be untied by pulling one free end. In both senses also called running knot.

Put a noose on (someone)

Alternative spelling of slip knot

A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose.

Knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made.

A snare or trap.

A knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made

To capture or hold by or as if by a noose.

To make a noose of or in.

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

(transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose

A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled

Make a noose in or of

Secure with a noose