strop
noun
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
stropping
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present participleof strop.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I don't know what the style is, there seems no plan, no effort, players stropping at one another.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
We witnessed Rashford doing it against Villa to Hojlund, stropping and having a go.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
Tanya pleads, in whichever bar, office, restaurant or sunbed saloon she's stalked him to, chucking him her trademark satanic glare, turning on a six-inch Roberto Cavalli heel and stropping off.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2010
Located eventually at 8 Reade Street, they proved very successful, eventually acquiring more than 50 patents on razors and stropping devices.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2010
The holes in it marked the progress of his emaciation and the leather at one side had a lacquered look to it where he was used to stropping the blade of his knife.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
