lasso
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
to catch with or as with a lasso.
Origin of lasso
1Other words from lasso
- las·so·er, noun
- un·las·soed, adjective
Other definitions for Lasso (2 of 2)
Orlando di [dee], /di/, Orlandus Lassus, 1532–94, Flemish composer.
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How to use lasso in a sentence
The snake wasn’t truly making itself into a lasso, since there was nothing pulling on the end of its body, Jayne acknowledges.
These snakes wiggle up smooth poles by turning their bodies into ‘lassoes’ | Kate Baggaley | January 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceStudying lasso locomotion, he says, could perhaps improve future versions of these robots.
These snakes wiggle up smooth poles by turning their bodies into ‘lassoes’ | Kate Baggaley | January 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceBotched oaths, a lassoing cowboy, $4 inaugural-ball tickets, and more iconic inaugural moments.
It turned out that the cowboys had been arrested for lassoing a Norwegian homesteader who had cut their wire.
The Nerve of Foley | Frank H. SpearmanO my friend, I assure you there are many famous sports with not half the fun in them that there is in lassoing an iceberg!
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren Stoddard
This steeple-lassoing exploit was one of the things I certainly would not attempt—would not and could not.
Careers of Danger and Daring | Cleveland MoffettBy the time she was fourteen, Jacqueline Ralston, who was her father's shadow, knew the trick of lassoing.
The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge | Margaret VandercookThen he began lassoing fence posts, tree stumps, and even occasionally his sister Jean.
Ticktock and Jim | Keith Robertson
British Dictionary definitions for lasso
/ (læˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ) /
a long rope or thong with a running noose at one end, used (esp in America) for roping horses, cattle, etc; lariat
(tr) to catch with or as if with a lasso
Origin of lasso
1Derived forms of lasso
- lassoer, noun
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