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.
lassoes
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pluralof lasso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Astrophysicist Elizabeth Tasker expertly lassoes the fast-moving field of extrasolar-planetary science for this crisp, witty primer-plus.
From Nature ● Sep. 5, 2017
He is a cowboy, better known as the Death of the Western Hero: to strut his forlorn machismo he arrogantly lassoes garbage cans and jukeboxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
That hoarse but extraordinarily agile voice lassoes every nuance in sight as he crows I Gotta Woman, pleads Don't Set Me Free and whispers Makin' Whoopee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Revived at the City Center, it suffers less from the ravages of time than from the unsociableness of space: in that vast hall, the play's intimate, childlike mood never quite lassoes the audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Reckon it cain't be more'n the length of two lassoes," replied Blinky.
From Valley of Wild Horses by Zane Grey
