lariat
noun
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
lariats
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pluralof lariat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The collection has eight pieces total, including necklaces, hoops, studs, rings, bracelets and lariats, set in sterling silver and recycled 18-karat gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
Recently, researchers at Brown University who were studying the locations of the joining sites in these lariats made an odd observation -- some introns were actually circular instead of lariat shaped.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024
Amir’s jewelry company sells a line of lariats, each one featuring a word or phrase.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2017
But the heroes of the gathering are the poet lariats … er, laureates … like fifth-generation California cattleman John Dofflemyer who rides herd in the southern Sierra foothills.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2015
At the end of the different lariats lay four cattle raiders, their clumsy disguises dragged half off, giving a grotesque appearance to them.
From The Boy Scouts On The Range by Lieut. Howard Payson
