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[ strapt ] / stræpt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR strapped ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveneedy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds. Origin of strappedFirst recorded in 1775–85; strap + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM strappedwell-strapped, adjectiveWords nearby strappedstrap-laid, strapless, strapline, strap-oil, strappado, strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy, strapwork Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for strappedHowever, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level. Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST They threw off their bags of crops and strapped him to the back. A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Strapped for medical staff and lacking in the resources needed to treat the 5,338 suspected cases, the numbers are soaring. Fighting Ebola and Starvation in Sierra Leone|Abby Haglage|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Overcrowded and strapped for workers, there was not a single medical facility that could take her. Health Care Worker Pleads With UN: Help Ebola Victims Dying ‘Horrible, Undignified Death’|Abby Haglage|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Blankets had been rolled up and strapped, haversacks and bags properly repacked, a last look taken to flints and priming. In the Valley|Harold Frederic So, as yesterday, the horses had to stand tied together, and the nose-bags of barley and maize were strapped round their necks. Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin A stone wall,—all the fugitives cleared it saving the last, behind whom was strapped a young man, fast prisoner. God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis The girl had strapped on her skis, and was using two sharp-pointed sticks for poles. Behind the Green Door|Mildred A. Wirt These we strapped upon the broad backs of the coach horses, and then assisted the ladies to mount. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall|Charles Major
British Dictionary definitions for strapped
adjective(postpositive often foll by for) slang badly in need (of money, manpower, etc); short of Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to strappedimpoverished, broke, beggared, flat, penniless, penurious, poor, dirt poor, fortuneless, stone-broke |