- noose, running noose, slip noose - a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
--1 is a kind of loop
--1 is a part of
--1 has parts: slipknothangman's rope, hangman's halter, halter, hemp, hempen necktie; lasso, lariat, riata, reata
--1 has particulars: clinch, clench