lasso
A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle…A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
» That old lasso is on the left.
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2 sensesA long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
He managed to catch the runaway bull with a lasso.
She threw the lasso skillfully around the post.
Lasso
лассо́lassó, арка́нarkán
a long noosed rope used to catch animals
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Examples
3 sentencesThat old lasso is on the left.
The priest reprimanded the altar boy for swinging the incense around like a lasso.
He twirled his lasso skillfully.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.
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Forms
plural: lassos / lassoesSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsSee also
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