strap
(verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
strap
(verb) sharpen with a strap; “strap a razor”
strap
(verb) tie with a strap
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; “The teacher often flogged the students”; “The children were severely trounced”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strapped
simple past tense and past participle of strap
strapped (not comparable)
(of a person, informal) Muscular.
(slang) Armed; carrying a weapon.
(slang) Poor; broke.
Synonym: strapped for cash
• (muscular): ripped
• (without money): see also impoverished
Source: Wiktionary
Strap, n. Etym: [OE. strope, AS. stropp, L. stroppus, struppus, perhaps fr. Gr. Strophe). Cf. Strop a strap, a piece of rope.]
1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. A lively cobbler that . . . had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap. Addison.
2. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
3. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
4. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically: -- (a) (Carp. & Mach.)
Definition: A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. (b) (Naut.)
Definition: A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
5. (Bot.) (a) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. (b) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
6. A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length.
– Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib.
– Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall.
– Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.
Strap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper.
3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
