noose

• nooze (obsolete)

From Middle English nose, probably from Old French nos or Old Occitan nous, nos, nominative singular or accusative plural of nou (“knot”). Compare node, knot.

• enPR: noo͞s, IPA^(key): /nuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

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noose (plural nooses or (incorectly) neese)

1. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

• hangman's noose

noose (third-person singular simple present nooses, present participle noosing, simple past and past participle noosed)

1. (transitive) To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.

• osone, soone

noose (plural nooses)

1. Alternative form of nose