Definition of Noose

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Definition of Noose
	Noose A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn. To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare. Related Definitions: Catch, Closer, Drawn, Entrap, In, Insnare, Is, It, Knot, Loop, More, Noose, Or, Running, The, Tie, To, Which

Noose Quotations

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
H. G. Wells

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
Linda Ellerbee

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
John Trumbull

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
Jean Toomer

Noose Translations

noose in German is schlingen, Schlinge
noose in Latin is laqueum, laqueus
noose in Swedish is snara

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