{"def":{"short":"a noose","long":["a noose, slip-knot, by which any person or thing is caught, or fastened, or suspended","to throw a noose upon one, a figure borrowed from war or the chase so that by craft or by force one is bound to some necessity, to constrain him to obey some command"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈβro.xos","ipa_mod":"ˈvrow.xows","sbl":"brochos","dic":"VROH-hose","dic_mod":"VROH-hose"}}