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strap

UK/stɹap/ US/stɹæp/ fairly common slang
noun (4) verb (4)

noun

1.
2.

hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

3.

a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

Synonyms
4.

whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

verb

1.

tie with a strap

Antonyms
2.

beat severely with a whip or rod

  • “The teacher often flogged the students”
  • “The children were severely trounced”
Synonyms
3.

sharpen with a strap

  • “strap a razor”
4.

secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

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”).

Phrases

  • Arab strap
  • bike jockey strap
  • bill strap
  • breast strap
  • currency strap
  • flat strap
  • girth strap
  • hand strap
  • strap in
  • strap on
  • strap on a pair
  • strap on the boots

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