slip noose

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slip noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulledrunning noose, nooseclench, clinch - a small slip noose made with seizinghangman's halter, hangman's rope, hempen necktie, halter, hemp - a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanginglariat, reata, riata, lasso - a long noosed rope used to catch animalsslipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is madeloop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)