strapped

[strapt]

adjective

1. needy; wanting.

   The company is rather strapped for funds.

strapped

/ stræpt /

adjective

1. slang,  badly in need (of money, manpower, etc); short of

Other Word Forms

• well-strapped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of strapped¹

First recorded in 1775–85; strap + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Several CEOs across the dining, retail, fashion and airline industries have said their middle-class customers are increasingly strapped, even as high earners keep on buying.

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They were standing in broad daylight in a Brooklyn park playing the “ping pong shake,” a game in which they were to shake ping-pong balls out of an empty Kleenex box strapped to their waist.

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The stopwatch featured in the introduction to “60 Minutes” is strapped to a bomb when it appears on “South Park.”

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Players are weighed every morning and those who return overweight after holidays are forced to train with extra kilograms strapped to their bodies.

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For days, huge columns of Palestinians have streamed southwards from Gaza City in donkey carts, rickshaws, vehicles strapped high with belongings, and on foot.

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Related Words

• impoverished