strap

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• WordNet 3.6
  • v strap secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
  • v strap sharpen with a strap "strap a razor"
  • v strap tie with a strap
  • v strap beat severely with a whip or rod "The teacher often flogged the students","The children were severely trounced"
  • n strap whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
  • n strap an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
  • n strap a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
  • n strap hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
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• Interesting fact: In L.A., U.S.A., a man may legally beat his wife with a leather strap, as long as it is less than 2 inches wide
• • Strap A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
  • Strap 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 ."
  • Strap A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
  • Strap A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
  • Strap A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
  • Strap A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
  • Strap 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 .
  • Strap (Bot) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
  • Strap (Bot) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
  • Strap To beat or chastise with a strap.
  • Strap To fasten or bind with a strap.
  • Strap To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
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• Interesting fact: During World War II, Russians used dogs strapped with explosives to blow up German tanks. They trained the dogs to associate the tanks with food and ended up destroying about 25 German tanks using this method
• • n strap A narrow strip of leather or other flexible material, generally used for some mechanical purpose, as to surround and hold together, or to retain in place. , In ordinary use straps are most frequently of leather, and are often used with one or more buckles, or a buckle and slide, allowing of a more or less close adjustment of the strap. See cut under shot-pouch. Speciflcally— Nautical: A piece of rope with the ends spliced together, used for attaching a tackle to anything or for slinging any weight to be lifted.
  • n strap A long and narrow piece of thin iron or other metal used to hold different parts together, as of a frame or the sides of a box; a leaf of a hinge; in carpentry, an iron plate for connecting two or more timbers, to which it is bolted or screwed.
  • n strap In botany, the ligule in florets of Compositæ (see ligule); also, in some grasses, the leaf exclusive of its sheath.
  • n strap A string.
  • n strap Credit; originally, credit for drink.
  • n strap In a vehicle: A plate on the upper side of the tongue and resting upon the doubletree, to aid in holding the wagou-hammer.
  • n strap A clip, such as that which holds a spring to the spring-bar or to the axle.
  • n strap The stirrupshaped piece of a clevis.
  • n strap A strap-oyster.
  • strap To fasten or bind with a strap: especially in the sense of compressing and holding very closely: often with up or down.
  • strap To beat or chastise with a strap.
  • strap To sharpen with a strap; strop, as a razor.
  • strap To hang.
  • n strap In machinery: The narrow band which surrounds the disk of a steam-engine eccentric and forms the bearing-surface for the eccentric-rod. It is usually separate from the latter and bolted to it, generally in two parts to permit adjustment for wear.
  • n strap An enveloping band of steel, somewhat U-shaped, which passes around the outside of the brasses at the ends of a steam-engine connecting-rod, and, by means of bolts, wedges, and gib and key, makes a solid unit of the connecting-rod end or stub, while providing for easy adjustment or renewal as wear occurs upon the bearings on the pins.
  • n strap In iron ship-building, a narrow-strip of plate or a bar with a wide flange used to unite two parts to each of which the strap is riveted. See also butt-strap and seam-strap.
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• Interesting fact: In Los Angelos, California it is legal for a man to beat his wife with a leather strap as long as it is less than two inches in width, or she gives him permission to use a wider strap.
• • n Strap strap a narrow strip of cloth or leather: a razor-strop: an iron plate secured by screw-bolts, for connecting two or more timbers: :
  • v.t Strap to beat or bind with a strap: to strop, as a razor:
  • adj Strap tall, handsome
  • n Strap strap (naut.) a piece of rope formed into a circle, used to retain a block in its position
  • n Strap strap (slang) credit, esp. for liquor
  • v.t Strap (Scot.) to hang:—pr.p. strap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. strapped
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• Jesse Jackson

  

  “A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.”

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