strop

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Verb

1. To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
2. (obsolete) To strap.

Verb

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.

Synonyms

grind

strap

edge

razor strop

whet

sharpen

hone

abrase

polish up

work at

acuminate

stroke

brush up

refine

sand

set

wipe

work on

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɹɒp/

Etymology

Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.