slipknot

American  

[slip-not] / ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

Or slip knot

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of slipknot

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

Example Sentences

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

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

The piece is overexplained by a title card from Ono that calls it, among other things, an "atonement" for the sufferings of the 20th century, a syntactical slipknot that implies that she inflicted them.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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