lasso

[las-oh, la-soo]

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noun, plural las·sos, las·soes.

a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.

verb (used with object), las·soed, las·so·ing.

to catch with or as with a lasso.

Origin of lasso

1760–70; < Spanish lazo < Latin laqueus noose, bond; see lace

Related formslas·so·er, nounun·las·soed, adjective

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Related Words for lassoed

tangled, clustered, coiled, braided, capture, seize, snag, arrest, take, pick, grab, snare, trap, fasten, fix, pin, looped, bent, engaged

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Contemporary Examples of lassoed

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Historical Examples of lassoed

They lassoed him promptly and built a fire to heat the branding-irons.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
H. Hagedorn.
Bruin had been captured by four cowboys, who had lassoed and tied it.
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Morley Roberts
It was on this expedition that Kit Carson lassoed a huge grizzly bear.
Scouting with Kit Carson
Everett T. Tomlinson
And even then, all do not escape, for some of them are sure to be lassoed in the melee.
The Scout and Ranger
James Pike
The bull was then lassoed and killed in the manner above described.
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Ulysses S. Grant

British Dictionary definitions for lassoed

lasso

noun plural -sos or -soes

a long rope or thong with a running noose at one end, used (esp in America) for roping horses, cattle, etc; lariat

verb -sos, -soes, -soing or -soed

(tr) to catch with or as if with a lasso

Derived Formslassoer, noun

Word Origin for lasso

C19: from Spanish lazo, ultimately from Latin laqueus noose

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Word Origin and History for lassoed

lasso

1807 (v.); 1808 (n.), American English, from Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueum (nominative laqueus) "noose, snare" (see lace (n.)).