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lasso
I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Another time she saw Ralph swinging something on a rope, around and around his head, like a lasso. ▪ By wielding his lasso in the White House, Ickes can help to stop Clinton from wandering off-message. ▪ She sprinkled a circle about their bed, and tossed him a smile that landed round his neck like a lasso. II. verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Carl thus became the first and possibly the only man ever to successfully lasso musk ox, polar bears, and walrus. ▪ He even lassoed friend and co-worker Arturo Baez, a skilled front-end loader driver, to come help. ▪ Once, twice, and then again Mark tried to lasso the thrashing fish, and failed. ▪ Their goal is to lasso 1, 000 pounds of edibles for the struggling Food Bank.
lasso
I. las‧so1 /ləˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ $ -soʊ/ noun (plural lassos or lassoes) [COUNTABLE] [date : 1700-1800; Language : Spanish; Origin : Latin laqueus; ⇨ lace1] a rope with one end tied in a circle, used to catch cattle and horses, especially in the western US
II. lasso2 verb [TRANSITIVE] to catch an animal using a lasso
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