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strop

American  
[strop] / strɒp /

noun

  1. any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.

  2. Nautical, Machinery. Also

    1. a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc.

    2. a metal band surrounding the pulley of a block to transmit the load on the pulley to its hook or shackle.

    3. a rope sling, as for handling cargo.

    4. a ring or grommet of rope.

verb (used with object)

stropped, stropping

  1. to sharpen on or as if on a strop.

strop British  
/ strɒp /

noun

  1. a leather strap or an abrasive strip for sharpening razors

  2. a rope or metal band around a block or deadeye for support

  3. informal a temper tantrum

    he threw a strop and stormed off
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to sharpen (a razor, etc) on a strop

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of strop

before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German strop; all probably < Latin stroppus, variant of struppus strap

Example Sentences

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Strop, however, is on the Texas maternal mortality board.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

Mike Moustakas, Nick Castellanos, Wade Miley and Pedro Strop were also added to end a streak of six straight losing seasons.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2020

Playing in just his second game for the Cubs, Carlos Gonzalez doubled and drove in two runs against his former team, and Pedro Strop pitched the ninth for his fifth save of the season.

From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2019

Strop, one of the baseball’s most consistent relievers since he was acquired in a July 2013 trade with Baltimore, went 6-1 with 13 saves and a 2.26 ERA in 60 appearances last season.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2018

Footnote 1:   Mrs. Packwood is the wife of George Packwood, "the celebrated Razor Strop Maker and Author of The Goldfinch's Nest," whose shop was at 16, Gracechurch Street.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

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