a leather strap or an abrasive strip for sharpening razors
Also called: stropper
2.
a rope or metal band around a block or deadeye for support
3. mainly British informal
a temper tantrum
he threw a strop and stormed off
verbWord forms: strops, stropping or stropped
4. (transitive)
to sharpen (a razor, etc) on a strop
Word origin
C14 (in nautical use: a strip of rope): via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch strop, ultimately from Latin stroppus, from Greek strophos cord; see strophe
strop in American English
(strɑp)
noun
1. var. of
strap
2.
a device, esp. a thick leather band, used for putting a fine edge on razors
verb transitiveWord forms: stropped or ˈstropping
3.
to sharpen on a strop
Derived forms
stropper (ˈstropper)
noun
Word origin
ME, a band, thong, noose < OE, akin to MHG strupfe < early WGmc loanword < L struppus < Gr strophos, a twisted band: for IE base see strophe
Examples of 'strop' in a sentence
strop
If we go anywhere she nearly always throws a strop.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He had a proper little temper strop and threw all of his toys out of the pram.
The Sun (2016)
Many stars would have thrown a strop and possibly downed tools to try to force through the deal.
The Sun (2011)
Not a chance: she throws a strop if you ask her a tough question.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He did throw a strop, hurling his mallet and helmet to the ground in fury.
The Sun (2010)
He didn't throw a strop.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's not a teenage strop.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
My husband walked out a month ago in a huge strop but I just felt happy.
The Sun (2013)
If I tell her to stop, she gets in a huge strop about it.