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   [strap] ,noun, verb, strapped, strap·ping.
noun
1.
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
2.
a looped band by which an item may be held, pulled, lifted, etc., as a bootstrap or a ring that standing passengers may hold on to in a bus, subway, or the like.
3.
a strop for a razor.
4.
a long, narrow object or piece of something; strip; band.
5.
an ornamental strip or band.
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6.
shoulder strap.
7.
watchband.
8.
Machinery. a shallow metal fitting surrounding and retaining other parts, as on the end of a rod.
9.
Nautical, Machinery. strop (def. 2).
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verb (used with object)
10.
to fasten or secure with a strap or straps.
11.
to fasten (a thing) around something in the manner of a strap.
12.
to sharpen on a strap or strop: to strap a razor.
13.
to beat or flog with a strap.

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Origin:
1565–75; variant of strop

Related forms
strap·pa·ble, adjective
strap·like, adjective
re·strap, verb (used with object), -strapped, -strap·ping.
un·der·strap, noun
un·der·strap, verb (used with object), -strapped, -strap·ping.
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strap (stræp)
 
—n
1.  a long strip of leather or similar material, for binding trunks, baggage, or other objects
2.  a strip of leather or similar material used for carrying, lifting, or holding
3.  a loop of leather, rubber, etc, suspended from the roof in a bus or train for standing passengers to hold on to
4.  a razor strop
5.  commerce Compare strip a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one put option and two call options at the same price and for the same period
6.  derogatory, slang (Irish) a shameless or promiscuous woman
7.  the strap a beating with a strap as a punishment
8.  short for shoulder strap
9.  informal (Austral) hit one's straps to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
 
—vb , straps, strapping, strapped
10.  to tie or bind with a strap
11.  to beat with a strap
12.  to sharpen with a strap or strop
 
[C16: variant of strop]

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Word Origin & History

strap
1620, from Scottish and/or nautical variant of strope "loop or strap on a harness" (1357), probably from O.Fr. estrop "strap," from L. stroppus "strap, band," perhaps from Etruscan, ultimately from Gk. strophos "twisted band," from strephein "to turn" (see strophe). O.E.
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stropp, Du. strop "halter" also are borrowed from Latin. Slang adj. strapped "short of money" is from 1857, from strap in a now-obsolete sense of "financial credit" (1828). Strapping (adj.) "tall and sturdy," originally applied to women, is from 1657 (cf. whopping, spanking). Straphanger "bus- or subway-rider" first recorded 1905. The verb meaning "to fasten or secure with a strap" is recorded from 1711. Strapless is 1846, of trousers, 1935, of brassieres.
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strap (strāp)
n.
A strip or piece of adhesive plaster. v. strapped, strap·ping, straps
To support or bind a part, especially with overlapping strips of adhesive plaster.

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Slang Dictionary

strap definition


  1. n.
    an athlete, not necessarily male. (From jockstrap.) : The guy's a strap all right, but he's not dumb.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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