strap

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

Noun

  1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
    • The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed. - 1907 January,...

    1. A strap worn on the shoulder.

  2. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
    • a lively cobbler, that […] had scarce passed a day in his life without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap. - 1712 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY,...
  3. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
  4. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
  5. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

    1. (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

    2. (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

  6. The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  7. The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  8. A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
    • Had to pull a strap on a fool named Louis the Third / 'Cause I'm getting chased by the ghetto bird - 1993 December 7, Ice Cube, “Ghetto Bird”, in Lethal Injection, track 3:
    • Hide the straps. - 2018, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, 00:02:30 from the start, in Black Panther, spoken by N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown), Burbank, California: Marvel Studios:
  9. Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
  10. A strap-on.
    • After that, I graduated up to my first serious queer relationship where I learned the ropes. The first partner who strapped me made it everything I had wished for. She was thoughtful, patient, and would take her cues...
    • 18. A strap-on harness fit for a queen because of its faux leather design and plush lining for comfortable wear. This easy-to-adjust harness fits hips up to 64 inches wide and offers a crotchless and open-back style, so...
    • One of the side effects of strap-on sex is that sore pelvic bone feeling you get after pounding into a hungry body. Silicone dildos might feel amazing inside, but they have a tendency to hit and rub against the most...
  11. Synonym of strapline.

    Synonyms: strapline

  12. A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
    • David Arquette was given the belt because he's a celebrity. Period. I wasn't that upset about it because even the on-air product treated it as laughable. It was a "fluke" that Arquette managed to grab the strap, and he...
    • During 2002, Triple H began this run of title defences of the Big Gold Belt. He'd basically been given the strap earlier in the month and there was a feeling he didn't deserve it. - 2015, Arnold Furious, “Unforgiven...
    • When people like me were deserting the WWE during the championship reign of JBL, "The Wrestling God", Vince didn't take the strap off of him. He's certainly not going to do anything because of this little piffle. - 2017...

Origin

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”).

Forms

straps strop strope

Derived

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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.
    • to strap a razor
  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.

Forms

straps strapping strapped strop strope

Derived

straphang strap in strap-on strap on strap on a pair strap on the boots strap on the feedbag strap up