Noose vs. Slipknot

Noosenoun

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

Slipknotnoun

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

Nooseverb

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

Slipknotnoun

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

Noosenoun

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

Nooseverb

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

Noosenoun

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

Noosenoun

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

Nooseverb

make a noose in or of

Nooseverb

secure with a noose

Noosenoun

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

‘a hangman's noose’; ‘he began to choke as the noose tightened about his throat’; ‘the West is exploring ways to tighten the economic noose’;

Noosenoun

death by hanging

‘he earned a reprieve from the noose’;

Nooseverb

put a noose on (someone)

‘she was noosed and hooded, then strangled by the executioner’;

Nooseverb

catch (an animal) with a noose

‘the animal was eventually noosed and sedated by dog handlers’;

Nooseverb

form (a rope) into a noose

‘Gomez had noosed a coil of rope around his neck’;

Noose

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.