strapped

[ strapt ]

/ stræpt /

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adjective

needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.

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Origin of strapped

First recorded in 1775–85; strap + -ed²

Related formswell-strapped, adjective

strap

[ strap ]

/ stræp /

noun

a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.

a looped band by which an item may be held, pulled, lifted, etc., as a bootstrap or a ring that standing passengers may hold on to in a bus, subway, or the like.

a strop for a razor.

a long, narrow object or piece of something; strip; band.

an ornamental strip or band.

shoulder strap.

watchband.

Machinery. a shallow metal fitting surrounding and retaining other parts, as on the end of a rod.

Nautical, Machinery. strop(def 2).

verb (used with object), strapped, strap·ping.

to fasten or secure with a strap or straps.

to fasten (a thing) around something in the manner of a strap.

to sharpen on a strap or strop: to strap a razor.

to beat or flog with a strap.

Origin of strap

First recorded in 1565–75; variant of strop

Related forms

strap·pa·ble, adjectivestrap·like, adjectivere·strap, verb (used with object), re·strapped, re·strap·ping.un·der·strap, noun

un·der·strap, verb (used with object), un·der·strapped, un·der·strap·ping.

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They threw off their bags of crops and strapped him to the back.
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Strapped for medical staff and lacking in the resources needed to treat the 5,338 suspected cases, the numbers are soaring.
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Overcrowded and strapped for workers, there was not a single medical facility that could take her.
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Blankets had been rolled up and strapped, haversacks and bags properly repacked, a last look taken to flints and priming.
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So, as yesterday, the horses had to stand tied together, and the nose-bags of barley and maize were strapped round their necks.
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A stone wall,—all the fugitives cleared it saving the last, behind whom was strapped a young man, fast prisoner.
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The girl had strapped on her skis, and was using two sharp-pointed sticks for poles.
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These we strapped upon the broad backs of the coach horses, and then assisted the ladies to mount.
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British Dictionary definitions for strapped

strapped

/ (stræpt) /

adjective

(postpositive often foll by for) slang badly in need (of money, manpower, etc); short of

strap

/ (stræp) /

noun

a long strip of leather or similar material, for binding trunks, baggage, or other objects

a strip of leather or similar material used for carrying, lifting, or holding

a loop of leather, rubber, etc, suspended from the roof in a bus or train for standing passengers to hold on to

a razor strop

commerce a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one put option and two call options at the same price and for the same periodCompare strip 2 (def. 5)

Irish derogatory, slang a shameless or promiscuous woman

the strap a beating with a strap as a punishment

short for shoulder strap

hit one's straps Australian informal to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective

verb straps, strapping or strapped (tr)

to tie or bind with a strap

to beat with a strap

to sharpen with a strap or strop

Word Origin for strap

C16: variant of strop

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Word Origin and History for strapped

strap

1610s, from Scottish and/or nautical variant of strope "loop or strap on a harness" (mid-14c.), probably from Old French estrop "strap," from Latin stroppus "strap, band," perhaps from Etruscan, ultimately from Greek strophos "twisted band," from strephein "to turn" (see strophe). Old English stropp, Dutch strop "halter" also are borrowed from Latin.

strap

"to fasten or secure with a strap," 1711, from strap (n.). Slang adjective strapped "short of money" is from 1857, from strap (n.) in a now-obsolete sense of "financial credit" (1828). Related: Strapped; strapping.

Medicine definitions for strapped

strap

[ străp ]

n.

A strip or piece of adhesive plaster.

v.

To support or bind a part, especially with overlapping strips of adhesive plaster.

strapped

adjective

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noun

verb (used with object), strapped, strap·ping.

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