strap /strap/

1. A narrow strip, usu of leather or similar material
2. A thong
3. A strop (obsolete or dialect)
4. A metal band or plate for holding things in position
5. A narrow flat projection, as on a strap-hinge
6. A looped band
7. A string or long cluster
8. Anything strap-shaped
9. An application of the strap or tawse in punishment
10. A barber (slang, after Hugh Strap in Smollett's Roderick Random)
11. A term of abuse to a woman (Anglo-Irish)
12. Credit, esp for liquor (old slang)

1. To beat or bind with a strap
2. To strop
3. To hang (Scot)
4. To make suffer from scarcity, esp of money
5. To allow credit for (goods) (old slang or dialect)

1. To work vigorously
2. To suffer strapping, or be capable of being strapped

strapˈless adjective

Without a strap or straps, esp (of woman's dress) without shoulder-straps

strappˈer noun

1. A person who works with straps, esp a groom
2. An energetic worker
3. A tall robust person (informal)
4. A whopping lie

strappˈing noun

1. Fastening with a strap
2. Materials for straps
3. Strengthening bands
4. A thrashing

Tall and robust

strappˈy adjective

Having (many) straps (used esp of clothing and footwear)

strapˈ-game noun

The game of fast-and-loose

strapˈ-hang intransitive verb

strapˈ-hanger noun

1. A standing passenger in a train, bus, etc who holds on to a strap for safety
2. Any person who commutes using public transport

strap hinge noun

A hinge fastened by a long leaf or flap

strapˈline noun (publishing)

A subsidiary headline in a newspaper or magazine, esp one beneath the title

strapˈ-oil noun (old slang)

A thrashing

strapˈ-on adjective

Able to be held in place by a strap or straps

strapˈ-shaped adjective

strap work noun (architecture)

Ornamentation of crossed and interlaced fillets

strapˈwort noun

A seaside caryophyllaceous plant (Corrigiola littoralis) of SW England, etc, with strap-shaped leaves

strapped for

Short of (esp cash)

• unseam
• unseamed
• unseaming
• unseams
• unsearchable
• unsearchableness
• unsearchably
• unsearched
• unseason
• unseasonable
• unseasonableness
• unseasonably
• unseasonal
• unseasoned
• unseasoning
• unseasons
• unseat
• unseated
• unseating
• unseats
• unseaworthiness
• unseaworthinesses
• unseaworthy
• unseconded
• unsecret