slipknot

American  

[slip-not] / ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

Or slip knot

noun

1. a knot that slips slip 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

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

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

John pulled out the slipknot to release the line, and the boat rocked back up.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin