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Noun: lasso (lassos,lassoes)  la-sow or lu'soo
  1. A long noosed rope used to catch animals
    "The cowboy skilfully threw the lasso around the calf's neck";
    - lariat, riata, reata
Verb: lasso  la-sow or lu'soo
  1. Catch with a lasso
    "lasso cows";
    - rope
Noun: Lasso
  1. Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594), known for his sacred and secular vocal music
    "Lasso was one of the most influential composers of the late Renaissance";
    - Orlande de Lassus, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus

Derived forms: lassoing, lassos, lassoed, lassoes

Type of: capture, catch, composer, get, rope

Encyclopedia: Lasso, Burkina Faso