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Strap   /stræp/   Listen
Strap

noun
1.
An elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
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.  Synonym: shoulder strap.
4.
Whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging.
verb
(past & past part. strapped; pres. part. strapping)
1.
Tie with a strap.
2.
Beat severely with a whip or rod.  Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip.  "The children were severely trounced"
3.
Sharpen with a strap.
4.
Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.



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"Strap" Quotes from Famous Books



... chance," said the hunter, "but I think with you, Tom, that it's worth trying. Now, boys, make fast the packs to the last strap, ...
— The Great Sioux Trail - A Story of Mountain and Plain • Joseph Altsheler
... yonder were his cows being led off the place like large and foolish women, who are nevertheless kindness itself, and you are fond of them because you have known them since you were young. They were led out through the lanes, and strange boys urged them on with bits of strap. And he patted his horses on the rump for the last time and sold them to the highest bidder, these fine old fellows who were perhaps the only beings in the world that understood him and knew him and esteemed him. He had known them since they were boys full of pomp and show. Now he ...
— Seven Icelandic Short Stories • Various
... sitting at the far end of the seat, hatless, coatless, in his indoor strap shoes; and he was regarding her with grave, ...
— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker
... 'shawl-strap'? Not I!" cried Bess, gaily. "I am Queen Bess, monarch of all I survey. Katie!"—the neat little maid had just entered the room—"will you hand me the book I was reading in the other room? I'm too weak to rise. ...
— Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays • Annie Roe Carr
... desperately upon him, upon the strap of the Indian basket which crossed his sun-scorched forehead, upon his crystal-blue eyes of a hunter, upon his wounded left hand, upon the sinewy red fist that grasped a rifle, the make of which ...
— In Secret • Robert W. Chambers


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