lasso
noun
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
lassoed
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past participleof lasso.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lasso.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lassonouna long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
Example Sentences
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The 33-year-old purred around out wide, scored the try that started the hosts' second-half blitz and lassoed Rotimi Segun with a crucial try-saving tackle before the break.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Now the fights ended without violence — with the bull lassoed and returned to pasture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
The officer then fashioned a noose from a yellow rope and lassoed it around the top of the gator’s mouth.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
So my partner and I went about reclaiming our apartment, scavenging for secondhand artworks at an antique shop where she lassoed an affordable piece of found-object art.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
He lassoed a nasty patch of storm cloud and pulled it in.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
