noose /nuːs/ noun
F0 [C] one end of a rope tied to form a circle that can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to hang (= kill) them:
» They put him on the back of a horse and looped a noose around his neck.Thesaurus+: ↑Cords, ropes, cables and stringThesaurus+: ↑Death penaltiesF0 [S] a serious problem or limit:
» The noose of poverty was tightening (= becoming more serious) daily.Thesaurus+: ↑Difficult things and people , ↑Preventing and impeding- ↑Of little or less importance
- ↑Of unsound mind
- ↑Old or old-fashioned
- ↑On or off
- ↑Opaque
- ↑Open and closed
- ↑Open-minded
- ↑Opera
- ↑Operating computers
- ↑Opinions, beliefs and points of view
- ↑Opportunity
- ↑Opposing and against
- ↑Opposites
- ↑Optics, microscopy and lasers
- ↑Order and sequence
- ↑Ordinal numbers
- ↑Ordinary people
- ↑Organs eaten as meat
- ↑Origins and sources
- ↑Ornithology and bird-watching
- ↑Other major organs
- ↑Other wild birds
- ↑Other winter sports
- ↑Outcomes and consequences
- ↑Pain and painful