STROP

strop

(noun) a leather strap used to sharpen razors

strop

(verb) sharpen on a strop; “strop razors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

strop (plural strops)

A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.

(British) A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)

(nautical) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Synonyms

• huff

Verb

strop (third-person singular simple present strops, present participle stropping, simple past and past participle stropped)

(obsolete) To strap.

(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.

Etymology 2

Verb

strop (third-person singular simple present strops, present participle stropping, simple past and past participle stropped)

(computing) To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.

Etymology 3

Noun

strop (plural strops)

(slang) A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

Anagrams

• Ports, Prost, SPORT, ports, sport, torps, trops.

Source: Wiktionary

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Strop, n. Etym: [See Strap.]

Definition: A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stropped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping.]

Definition: To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.

Strop, n. Etym: [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.] (Naut.)

Definition: A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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