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strapped

[strapt]
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adjective
  1. 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]
noun
  1. a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
  2. 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.
  3. a strop for a razor.
  4. a long, narrow object or piece of something; strip; band.
  5. an ornamental strip or band.
  6. shoulder strap.
  7. watchband.
  8. Machinery. a shallow metal fitting surrounding and retaining other parts, as on the end of a rod.
  9. Nautical, Machinery. strop(def 2).
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verb (used with object), strapped, strap·ping.
  1. to fasten or secure with a strap or straps.
  2. to fasten (a thing) around something in the manner of a strap.
  3. to sharpen on a strap or strop: to strap a razor.
  4. to beat or flog with a strap.
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Origin of strap

First recorded in 1565–75; variant of strop
Related formsstrap·pa·ble, adjectivestrap·like, adjectivere·strap, verb (used with object), re·strapped, re·strap·ping.un·der·strap, nounun·der·strap, verb (used with object), un·der·strapped, un·der·strap·ping.
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Examples from the Web for strapped

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Historical Examples

  • Smithy climbed into the rear cockpit and strapped himself in.

    Two Thousand Miles Below

    Charles Willard Diffin

  • Leaving the horse to run steadily on the road he strapped himself with the gun.

    Louisiana Lou

    William West Winter

  • This she strapped down so tightly that, for the time at least, the bleeding was staunched.

    The Night Riders

    Ridgwell Cullum

  • Her books she had strapped to the saddle-horn; there was a yellow slicker at the cantle.

  • Our chaplain took it from him and had it strapped to his saddle-bag.

    War from the Inside

    Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

British Dictionary definitions for strapped

strapped

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

noun
  1. a long strip of leather or similar material, for binding trunks, baggage, or other objects
  2. a strip of leather or similar material used for carrying, lifting, or holding
  3. a loop of leather, rubber, etc, suspended from the roof in a bus or train for standing passengers to hold on to
  4. a razor strop
  5. 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)
  6. Irish derogatory, slang a shameless or promiscuous woman
  7. the strap a beating with a strap as a punishment
  8. short for shoulder strap
  9. hit one's straps Australian informal to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
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verb straps, strapping or strapped (tr)
  1. to tie or bind with a strap
  2. to beat with a strap
  3. to sharpen with a strap or strop
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Word Origin

C16: variant of strop
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Word Origin and History for strapped

strap

n.

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.

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strap

v.

"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.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
strapped in Medicine

strap

(străp)
n.
  1. A strip or piece of adhesive plaster.
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v.
  1. To support or bind a part, especially with overlapping strips of adhesive plaster.
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