countable a piece of rope that is formed into a circle at one end, so that if you pull the other end the circle becomes smaller. A noose is used for killing someone by hanging them by the neck.
Synonyms and related words
The punishment of being legally killed
behead
capital punishment
the chair
1a
the noose
mainly literarythe punishment of being killed by hanging
Synonyms and related words
The punishment of being legally killed
behead
capital punishment
the chair
2
singular a dangerous situation that is difficult to escape from
put/stick/place your head in a noose (=to put yourself in a dangerous situation):
Politically, the party has put its head in a noose.
tighten the noose (=to make a situation more difficult to escape from):
The internationalcommunity was tightening the economic noose around South Africa’s neck.
Synonyms and related words
Dangerous or exciting situations
danger
crisis
emergency
noose
noun
US /nus/
Word Forms
singular
noose
plural
nooses
DEFINITIONS2
1
countable a piece of rope that is formed into a circle at one end, so that if you pull the other end the circle becomes smaller. A noose is used for killing someone by hanging them by the neck.
Synonyms and related words
The punishment of being legally killed
behead
capital punishment
the chair
1a
the noose
mainly literarythe punishment of being killed by hanging
Synonyms and related words
The punishment of being legally killed
behead
capital punishment
the chair
2
singular a dangerous situation that is difficult to escape from
put/stick/place your head in a noose (=to put yourself in a dangerous situation):
Politically, the party has put its head in a noose.
tighten the noose (=to make a situation more difficult to escape from):
The internationalcommunity was tightening the economic noose around South Africa’s neck.