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   strap

   /strap/

   noun

   • 1. a strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold on to something: "her bra strap"
   • ▪ a strip of metal, often hinged, used to fasten or secure something.
   • ▪ punishment by beating with a strip of leather: "when Fred was naughty he'd give him the strap"

   verb

   • 1. fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap: "I had to strap the bag to my bicycle" Similar fastensecuretiebindmake fastlashbuckletrusspinion
   • ▪ bind (an injured part of the body) with adhesive plaster: British "the goalkeeper's knee was strapped up" Similar bandagebind
   • 2. beat (someone) with a strip of leather: "I expected when my dad walked in that he'd strap him" Similar beatflogwhipleatherbeltthrashlashhorsewhipbirchcanestrikehitcloutinformal:wallopwhacktan someone's hidegive someone a (good) hidingbeat the living daylights out oflatherlarrupwhalearchaic:stripethong

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a trap for birds, also a piece of timber fastening two objects together): dialect form of strop1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. straplike adjective

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