Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from Provençal nous knot, from Latin nodus; ➔ NODE
1 [countable] a circle of rope that becomes tighter as it is pulled, used especially for killing someone by hanging → lasso2[singular] an action that punishes or makes things difficult for a person, country, etc.: The U.S. tightened the economic noose around the dictatorship.3the noose punishment by hanging: The outlaws managed to escape the hangman’s noose.