noose russian

• петля́

  loop, bight, sling

  noose

  hinge

  stitch (in knitting), run (in a stocking)

  buttonhole, eyelet

• сило́к

  noose, snare

• захлёстывать

  to wash over, to sweep over, to flood, to overflow

  to overwhelm, to engulf, to sweep over

  to fasten with a loop, to lash (with a rope), to pull tight (a noose)

  to whip, to lash mercilessly

• уда́вка

  noose, running knot, slip knot, timber hitch

  choke chain, choke collar

  paraphimosis

Examples

• Он сде́лал пе́тлю из простыне́й и пове́сился в со́бственной ка́мере.

  He fashioned a noose out of the bed sheets and hung himself in his cell.

• Неве́жество ду́шит как пе́тля.

  Ignorance smothers like a noose.