1
a
: a narrow usually flat strip or thong of a flexible material and especially leather used for securing, holding together, or wrapping
b
: something made of a strap forming a loop
a boot strap
c
: a strip of leather used for flogging
d
: strop
2
: a band, plate, or loop of metal for binding objects together or for clamping an object in position
3
: a shoe fastened with a usually buckled strap
4
Ireland
: trollop
strapped; strapping
1
2
: to beat or punish with a strap
3
: strop
4
: to cause to suffer from an extreme scarcity
is often strapped for cash
Examples of strap in a Sentence
Verb
We strapped our snowshoes on.
She climbed the mountain with a 40-pound pack strapped to her back.
She made sure that both children were strapped in.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Featuring a 43-millimeter rose gold face, baguette diamonds and an alligator leather strap, the rapper’s watch costs around $2.2 million resale.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Photos and video released by the U.S. Coast Guard showed the man paddling on what appeared to be two boards on top of each other, with a few pieces of luggage strapped to them.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The showstopping number featured painterly streaks of canary yellow and robin’s egg blue tulle across the bodice, which was also adorned with three-dimensional berry and flower embellishments and black velvet straps.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
Featuring a 43-millimeter rose gold face, baguette diamonds and an alligator leather strap, the rapper’s watch costs around $2.2 million resale.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
Fox will have mics on a few offensive linemen, but otherwise the crew relies on listening hardware strapped to the goalpost and skycam and a series of large plastic dishes along the sidelines, as well as devices spread around the Caesars Superdome.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Photos and video released by the U.S. Coast Guard showed the man paddling on what appeared to be two boards on top of each other, with a few pieces of luggage strapped to them.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Strap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strap. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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strap
1 of 2 noun1
: a band, plate, or loop of metal for tying objects together or for clamping an object in position
2
a
: a narrow usually flat strip of a flexible material and especially leather used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping
b
: something made of a strap forming a loop
boot strap
c
: a strip of leather used for whipping
d
strap
2 of 2 verb
strapped; strapping
1
: to fasten with or attach by a strap
2
: to beat or punish with a strap
3
4
: to cause to suffer from an extreme scarcity
I'm strapped for cash
Medical Definition
strap
1 of 2 noun
: a flexible band or strip
strap
2 of 2 transitive verb
strapped; strapping
1
: to secure with or attach by means of a strap
2
: to support (as a sprained joint) with overlapping strips of adhesive plaster
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