slipknot

American  

[slip-not] / ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

Or slip knot

noun

• slipknots
  plural

1. a knot that slips easily along the cord or line around which it is made.

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slipknot British  

/ ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

noun

1. Also called: running knot.  a nooselike knot tied so that it will slip along the rope round which it is made

2. a knot that can be easily untied by pulling one free end

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• slipknots
  plural

Etymology

Origin of slipknot

First recorded in 1650–60; slip ¹ + knot ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slipknot slipknots

One Instagram user wrote on the band’s page that Weinberg “gave the old slipknot flavor to the band again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

In Grand Coulee, Wash., Fisherman F. M. Heaton, returning home fishless, encountered a rattlesnake, tied a slipknot in his fishline, made a cast, proceeded homeward with a rattlesnake steak.

From Time Magazine Archive

The slipknot in his lashing was that he proudly advertised the "advantages of mass buying" for all 15 stores.

From Time Magazine Archive

Together they learned to wear shoes, eat with a spoon, drink from a glass, use a rake & hoe, untie a slipknot.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wrapped the rope loosely around Junior’s hands and tied it off in a slipknot that could be easily undone.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

And, after a while, she used the slipknots in making many kinds of snares.

From The Later Cave-Men by Howard V. Brown