Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun running_noose

1 sense of running noose

Sense 1
noose, running noose, slip noose -- (a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled)
       => loop -- (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))