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nooze

nooze is the obsolete form of noose.

Meaning of noose

Noun

noose (plural nooses)

  1. An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
    • Put someone's head in a noose
    Synonyms:
    fang

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Forms of nooze

pluralnoozes

Questions about nooze

What is nooze the obsolete form of?
Nooze is the obsolete form of noose.

Words near nooze in the dictionary

  1. nootropic
  2. nootropics
  3. Nootsack
  4. Nootsacks
  5. nooz
  6. nooze
  7. noozes
  8. nop
  9. NOP sled
  10. NOP sleds
  11. NOP slide

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