Definition of "noose" []

• A loop formed in a rope by means of a slipknot so that it binds tighter as the rope is pulled. Also called running noose. (noun)
• A snare or trap. (noun)
• To capture or hold by or as if by a noose. (verb-transitive)
• To make a noose of or in. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For republicans hanging a noose is a prank and suggesting shooting the first real contender black president is benign ..."
• "No sirree bob, a noose is a racially charged reminder of a small period in history, characterised by a stereotypical image ... even when it isn't actually a noose."
• "They also show us what they describe as a noose, where they say the Arabs hanged hundreds of prisoners."