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   noose

   /no͞os/

   noun

   • 1. a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals: "he began to choke as the noose tightened about his throat"
   • ▪ death by hanging: "he earned a reprieve from the noose"
   • ▪ a difficult situation regarded as a restraint or bond: "the West is exploring ways to tighten the economic noose"

   verb

   • 1. put a noose on (someone): "she was noosed and hooded, then strangled by the executioner"
   • ▪ catch (an animal) with a noose: "the animal was eventually noosed and sedated by dog handlers"
   • ▪ form (a rope) into a noose: "Gomez had noosed a coil of rope around his neck"

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably via Old French no(u)s from Latin nodus ‘knot’.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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