slipknot

or slip knot

[ slip-not ]

noun

1. a knot that slips slip easily along the cord or line around which it is made.

slipknot

/ ˈslɪpˌnɒt /

noun

1. Also calledrunning knot a nooselike knot tied so that it will slip along the rope round which it is made
2. a knot that can be easily untied by pulling one free end

Word History and Origins

Origin of slipknot¹

First recorded in 1650–60; slip ¹ + knot ¹

Example Sentences

One Instagram user wrote on the band’s page that Weinberg “gave the old slipknot flavor to the band again.”

From Los Angeles Times

A seven-foot-long strip of cloth, perhaps a waistband, was wound around her neck three times and its slipknot indented below her left ear.

From New York Times

I learned that you never tie a slipknot when you’re throwing a line out to a drowning person.

From Washington Post

I wrapped the rope loosely around Junior’s hands and tied it off in a slipknot that could be easily undone.

From Literature

“You think as a sailor I would know how to tie a knot, but I didn’t know how to tie a slipknot.”

From Time