strap (stræp
)
Definitions
noun
- a long strip of leather or similar material, for binding trunks, baggage, or other objects
- a strip of leather or similar material used for carrying, lifting, or holding
- a loop of leather, rubber, etc, suspended from the roof in a bus or train for standing passengers to hold on to
- a razor strop
- business a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one put option and two call options at the same price and for the same period Compare strip2 (sense 5)
- Irish derogatory slang a shameless or promiscuous woman
- See the strap
- short for shoulder strap
- See hit one's straps
verb
Word forms: straps, strapping, strapped
(tr) - to tie or bind with a strap
- to beat with a strap
- to sharpen with a strap or strop
Word Origin
C16: variant of stropTranslations
- British English:
strap
A strap is a narrow piece of leather, cloth, or other material. Straps are used to carry things or hold them in place....the strap of her handbag.stræp NOUN ...the strap of her handbag.
- Spanish:
correa
nf
- French:
sangle
nf
- German:
Riemen
nm Riemen
- Chinese: 皮带 n
- Arabic: شَرِيط n
- Portuguese: alça nf
- Russian: ремень nm
- Croatian: remen nm
- Czech: popruh nm
- Danish: strop nutr
- Dutch: riem nm
- Finnish: hihna n
- Greek: λουρίδα nf
- Italian: cinghia nf
- Japanese: 革ひも n
- Korean: 끈 n
- Norwegian: stropp nm
- Polish: rzemień nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: alça nf
- European Spanish:
correa
nf
- Swedish: band nnt
- Thai: สายรัด n
- Turkish: kayış n
- Vietnamese: cái đai n
Usage examples
Like whoever sold them must've handled'em by the plastic strap.
, Snowjob (1993)Monk: Shoe fastened at instep by a broad strap with a buckle towards outer side.
Business Today (2001)Sheryl Crow, known to don a "war is not the answer "T-shirt, wore a guitar strap emblazoned with "no war.
Edmonton Sun (2003)But David's only has diamonds on the face, not on the strap as well.
Sun, News of the World (2001)There are usually three girth straps on a saddle, the first strap being connected to a separate piece of web to the other straps.
, Your First Horse - buying, feeding, caring (1989)