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nooser

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈnusɚ/

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who uses a noose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1912, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 59, W. B. Holland, page 269, A nooser, lithe and active as an eel, slid down the pad-rope of his decoy and, waiting until the attention of the captive had been momentarily distracted, slipped a thick noose of rawhide around the hind ankle of his prize.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From noose + -er.