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English
Etymology
From Spanish la reata (“the lasso”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lariat (plural lariats)
- A lasso.
- Around 1900, O Henry, A Call Loan
- Not so circumscribed in expedient for the reduction of surplus wealth were those lairds of the lariat who had womenfolk to their name.
- A tether.
- (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.
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Verb
lariat (third-person singular simple present lariats, present participle lariating, simple past and past participle lariated)
- (transitive) To lasso.
1880, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 52, page 84:Here they dismounted, lariated their horses, in order that they might enjoy the long, green grass growing near the banks of the brook; and bathing their faces in the cool, sparkling water, they partook sparingly of their provisions.
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