different between stroppy vs strappy

English

Etymology

From obstropulous, common slang in British Isles for obstreperous, +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

stroppy (comparative stroppier, superlative stroppiest)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

Derived terms

• stroppily
• stroppiness

See also

• strop (unrelated)

Further reading

• “stroppy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

From strap +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st?api/
• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

strappy (comparative strappier, superlative strappiest)

1. Of clothing, featuring or characterized by straps.
   • 2003, Cindy Pearlman, Chicago Sun-Times, 14 Sep 2003:

     Looking luminous in a yellow, strappy Cavalli dress with her sun-kissed hair cascading down her back, the pop star-turned-actress demands that the reporter shake her groove thing like Beyonce does in her hit video "Crazy in Love."

   • 2006, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 3 Mar 2006:

     The click-click-click of strappy stilettos has given way to the clomp-clomp-clomp of platforms and wedges on the Milan catwalk.

   • 2010, Laura Bush, Spoken From the Heart:

     We read newspaper accounts of the Reagans' black-tie evenings, where the women wore long, shimmering gowns and strappy high heels and everyone toasted equally elegant foreign guests.

Derived terms

• strappies