STROP
strop
(noun) a leather strap used to sharpen razors
strop
(verb) sharpen on a strop; “strop razors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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