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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Something seemed to be interacting with the lariat introns after they were removed from the RNA sequence to change their shape, and the spliceosome was his main suspect.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2024
Didawick: This reminds me of when Harry did “Oklahoma!” on Broadway and spent enormous amounts of time studying with Montie Montana how to do the lariat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022
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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