strap
To beat or chastise with a strapTo beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
» Please hold on to the strap.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
beat severely with a whip or rod
(transitive)To fasten or bind with a strap.
I strapped my son into the back seat.
sharpen with a strap
(transitive)To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
to strap a razor
tie with a strap
(transitive)To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
Examples
57 sentencesPlease hold on to the strap.
Tom is a bit strapped for money.
Tom woke up strapped to a gurney.
ruТом очнулся пристёгнутым к носилкам. — odexed
Tom was too strapped for cash to afford even a used car.
Tom strapped himself in.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppFrom 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”).
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Forms
straps, strapping, strapped, strappedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle