English Explanatory Dictionary

strap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
  2. A strap worn on the shoulder.
  3. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
  4. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  5. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  6. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
  7. A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
  8. A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  9. The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  10. The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  11. A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
  12. Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
verb
  1. To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
  2. To fasten or bind with a strap.
  3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
  4. To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.

Pronunciation

/stɹæp/ En-au-strap.ogg

Word forms

strap straps strop strope strapping strapped

Etymology

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).

Synonyms

strapline

Derived words

Arab strap backstrap bike jockey strap bill strap blackstrap bootstrap breaststrap breast strap breast-strap chinstrap chokestrap currency strap flat strap girth strap hand strap headstrap jockey strap jock strap kicking strap lip-strap monkey strap neckstrap noodle strap occy strap ocky strap octopus strap overstrap pole-pin-strap pole-strap posing strap razor strap restrap shawl strap shoulder-strap snap strap spaghetti strap spider strap stirrup strap strally strap beam strap brake strapdown strap game strap-hang straphanger strap-hanging strapless straplike strapline strap line strap mount strap-off strap oil strapper strapple strappy strap rail strap strategy strapwarm strapwarming

Translations

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