lariat
Americannoun
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a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
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a rope used to picket grazing animals.
noun
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another word for lasso
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a rope for tethering animals
Etymology
Origin of lariat
1825–35; < Spanish la reata the riata
Example Sentences
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To begin to answer this question, Ares decided to investigate whether it was indeed the spliceosome that was making changes to the lariat introns to remove their tails.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2024
The response, which included agents on horses, was broadly criticized after images of what appeared to be an agent using his lariat as a whip went viral.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023
A Reuters video showed a Border Patrol agent using what the news agency described as a lariat to whip at a Haitian migrant trying to enter the United States from Mexico.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021
A U.S. law enforcement officer on horseback wielded what appeared to be a lariat, whipping it close to the face of a man wading in the Rio Grande carrying a plastic bag of food.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2021
Presently a hulking, crazy-eyed man toting a stiff lariat appeared on the scene.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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