slip knot

See also: slipknot

English

Noun

slip knot (plural slip knots)

1. A knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied. Also called a running knot.
2. A knot which attaches a line to the middle of another, allowing it to slide

Alternative forms

• slipknot

Translations

knot which attaches a line to an object and tightens when pressure is applied

• Bulgarian: затягаща се примка (zatjagašta se primka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生纈 / 生缬 (saang¹ lit³)

  Mandarin: 活結 / 活结 (zh) (huójié), 活扣 (huókòu)

  Xiang: 活它 (ho⁶ do²), 活結巴 / 活结巴 (ho⁶ jie⁶ ba), 活結它 / 活结它 (ho⁶ jie⁶ do²), 活結頭 / 活结头 (ho⁶ jie⁶ dou)

• Dutch: strop (nl) m
• Finnish: vetosilmukka
• French: nœud coulant (fr)
• German: Schlinge (de) f, Schlippstek m, Laufknoten (de) m
• Ingrian: vetosolmi
• Italian: cappio (it) m, nodo scorsoio m
• Maori: tītorea, toherere, koromāhanga, Te tui whakakōhūhū a Kahukura (Poetic)
• Norman: noeud couothant m
• Polish: węzeł przesuwany, węzeł przesuwny m
• Spanish: nudo corredizo m, ñudo corredizo m
• Telugu: జారుముడి (jārumuḍi)

knot which attaches a line to the middle of another, allowing it to slide

• Finnish: vetosilmukka
• German: Schlinge (de) f, Schlippstek m, Laufknoten (de) m
• Ingrian: vetosolmi
• Italian: cappio (it) m
• Norman: noeud couothant m

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