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strap
English
Alternative forms
- strop, strope
Etymology
From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stropp, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (stróphos, “rope”), from ?????? (stréph?, “to twist”). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Noun
strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (slang, uncountable, archaic) Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (sutorappu)
Translations
Verb
strap (third-person singular simple present straps, present participle strapping, simple past and past participle strapped)
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop
Derived terms
- strap on a pair
- strap-on
Translations
Anagrams
- TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, sprat, tarps, traps
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strap/
Verb
strap
- second-person singular imperative of strapi?
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ribbon
English
Etymology
From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???b?n/
- Rhymes: -?b?n
Noun
ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)
- A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
- An awareness ribbon.
- An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
- A narrow strip or shred.
- a steel or magnesium ribbon
- sails torn to ribbons
- (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
- (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
- (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
- A watchspring.
- A bandsaw.
- (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
- 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins
- "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.
- 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins
- (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
- (spinning) A sliver.
- (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (ribon)
- ? Korean: ?? (ribon)
Translations
See also
- riband
Verb
ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)
- (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.
- Synonym: beribbon
- (transitive) To stripe or streak.
Anagrams
- Robbin, robbin
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