Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See lasso.
- n. A rope for picketing grazing horses or mules.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A rope or cord used for picketing horses while grazing.
- n. A thong or noose used for catching wild animals: called in California, Mexico, and further south a lasso. Also called reata, often spelled riata.
- To catch or fasten with a lariat; lasso.
Wiktionary
- n. a lasso
- n. a tether
- n. wrestling An attack where the wrestler runs towards an opponent, wraps his arm around their upper chest and neck and then forces them to the ground.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Mexico & Western U.S. A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.
- v. Western U.S. To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a long noosed rope used to catch animals
Etymologies
- From Spanish la reata ‘the lasso’. (Wiktionary)
- Spanish la reata : la, the (from Latin illa; see al-1 in Indo-European roots) + reatar, to tie again (re-, again from Latin; see re- + atar, to tie from Latin aptāre, to join, from aptus, past participle of apere, to tie). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Our word lariat comes from this Mexican word with the definite article prefixed and the final vowel dropped.”
“I just know that its supposed to be called a lariat, not lasso.”
“The Indians had copied saddles, stirrups, the crupper, and the lariat from the Spanish explorers, who, in turn had borrowed these innovations from the Moors Arabic people from North Africa, who had previously occupied Spain for 500 years.”
“The lariat is a string of pearls and trinkets that's long enough to wrap around her neck several times, and Ms. Takagi knots it in different ways to match her style.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Right Necklace for Your Clothes
“The lariat is a string of pearls and trinkets that is long enough to wrap around her neck several times, and Ms. Takagi knots it in different ways to match her style.”
“The lariat is a great way to complement a top or dress that features a V-neck, a plunging neckline, or a deep-cut wrap opening, as the shape of a traditional lariat falls along the same shape gently over the chest.”
“The Indians had copied saddles, stirrups, the crupper, and the lariat from the Spanish explorers, who in turn had borrowed these innovations from the Moors Arabic people from North Africa, who had previously occupied Spain for seven hundred years.”
“Each of the cowboys carried his rope, for of late it had seemed as though a lariat might be a very necessary accompaniment to these side hunts.”
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness
“A lariat is a fifty foot line with a running noose at one end and made from the hide of various animals.”
“I have often wondered why "the rope" -- as our western cowboys call the lariat, and the Mexican lariata -- has not become a national sport, for its proper use requires great skill, and it is distinctly an American institution.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lariat’.
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The Decemberists for polite everyday ...
opal, dolor, lithe, infanta, vagabond, courtesan, vestry, skein, dram, magenta, camisole, charlemagne and 8 more...
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Rodeo
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from spanish
translations from spanish words
demandable, recoverability, lariat, arena, vamoose, gringo, plaza, rebozo, vaquero, tortilla, barrio
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
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Pretty Words
Words that sound pretty.
ethereal, ephemeral, iridescent, shimmer, wisp, whisper, charisma, crescent, azure, mystery, fantasy, miracle and 142 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, L
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word list!!!!
lagniappe
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snickclunk's Words
bespoke, freshet, coquette, lath, victrola, feckless, viridian, lariat, sargasso, sobriquet, grift, sophistry and 134 more...
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KaeZoo's Words
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BetaRish's Words
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grassdog's Words
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Turning and Twisting Tours
words in the nature of double spirals
swift, swerve, swirl, swivel, swarm, swag, swank, swoop, swinge, swarf, spire, esparto and 361 more...
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TBH
Life is timshel negentropy.
collective noun, terms of venery, tramp stamp, snot, polish, snotty, smartass, remark, shitload, pun, champion, trigger and 75 more...
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lovely & attractive
shellac, flimflammed, verisimilitude, necromancer, wax, behemoth, smarmy, spleen, onomatopoeia, niminy-piminy, nonplus, degringolade and 63 more...
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Spanish Spelling Bee List
i am still copying down lists but i am in the 5th grade and got fourth in the spelling bee out of 26 people, the word i missed was candelabra, well next year i will win because now i know the words
burrito, gazpacho, alligator, chinchilla, pueblo, quesadilla, flamenco, cabana, filibuster, cilantro, mesa, cafeteria and 60 more...
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myriasofo's list
words that I find especially useful in text and dialogue
kindle, hang, waive, specific, drastic, swift, crush, devour, eidetic, flash, defer, submit and 31 more...
Tweets
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bilby
Her eyes throw black lariats—
one for his head,
one for his heels—
and the beast lies vanquished—
walls still,
streams still,
except for a tarn,
or is it a pool,
or is it a whirlpool
twitching with memory?
- Alfred Kreymborg, 'Dorothy'. Sep 21, 2009