lassoed
Snared by rope
Lassoed is the past tense of lasso—to catch with a rope loop thrown around a target.
Cowboys lasso cattle; rodeo performers lasso calves for time.
The word extends to any act of capturing or securing: She lassoed a promotion before anyone else could apply.
He lassoed the runaway shopping cart.
Caught with cord
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- snaredCaught by concealed means
- wrangledArgued or herded
- corralledGathered into confinement
noosed · hogtied · secured · restrained · seized · trapped · ensnared · nabbed
Catching with a lariat
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- bulldoggingTackling steers by horns
- arenaVenue for contests
chute · timed · competition · bronco · cowboy · wrangler · buckaroo · roundup
roped
Caught with cord
corralled · noosed · hogtied · secured · restrained · seized · trapped · ensnared · nabbed · snagged
roping
Catching with a lariat
- calfJuvenile cow or leg part
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- bulldoggingTackling steers by horns
arena · chute · timed · competition · bronco · cowboy · wrangler · buckaroo · roundup · contestant
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
mustang · branding · roundup · pasture · horseback · drover · gaucho · vaquero · stockman · fencing
lariat
Noosed catching rope
loop · throw · swing · twirl · spin · coil · release · aim · overhead · sidearm
lassoedfree-roaming
Able to wander unrestricted
loose · escaped · uncaptured · wild · untethered
- Ted Lasso
- lasso of truthEnchanted rope compelling truthfulness