strap

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
2. (countable, uncountable) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
3. (countable, uncountable) A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
5. (countable, uncountable) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
6. (countable, uncountable) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
7. (countable, uncountable) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
8. (countable, uncountable) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
9. (countable, uncountable) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
10. (countable, slang, uncountable) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
11. (archaic, slang, uncountable) Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
12. (countable, slang, uncountable) A strap-on.
13. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of strapline.
14. (countable, slang, uncountable, with-definite-article) A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
15. (countable, uncountable) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.

Verb

1. (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
2. (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
3. (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
4. (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.

Synonyms

belt

thong

band

whip

girdle

tie

leash

lash

bind

string

🪢

strip

strop

cord

fasten

gird

girth

flog

ribbon

🎀

bracket

switch

zone

triple option

half-belt

tawse

tape

leather strap

trounce

stick

sling

stake

welt

scourge

rope

🪢

shoulder strap

lather

attach

buckle

slash

flagellate

fixate

brooch

fix

bridle

barber

💈

edge

dress

👗

join

decking

infix

indenture

Translations

sangle

lanière

cinghia

Riemen

courroie

correa

riem

λουρί

λουρίδα

tira

cinturino

Gurt

corretja

Band

μαστιγώνω

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹæp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: strope

Inherited from Old English: strop

Cognate with Scots: strap

Cognate with Dutch: strop

Cognate with Low German: Strop

Cognate with German: Struppe

Cognate with Danish: strop

Cognate with Swedish: stropp

In summary

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).

Sentences

Many halters have another short strap connecting the noseband and the throatlatch .