strap
/stɹæp/ verb C1- To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- To fasten or bind with a strap. · I strapped my son into the back seat.
- To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop. · to strap a razor
- To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
He/she/it straps · Past strapped · Past participle strapped · -ing form strapping
Verb forms
- Base form
- strap
- He/she/it
- straps
- Past
- strapped
- Past participle
- strapped
- -ing form
- strapping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Well, every time I have seen Mercédès come into the city she has been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.”
What else can a strapping chap of twenty-one mean with a fine wench of seventeen?”
When they returned to the castle the Wicked Witch beat them well with a strap, and sent them back to their work, after which she sat down to think what she should do next.
There was a small portmanteau in the room, and this he pulled out and began to strap.
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