Strop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to make a ring.
  • n. A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor.
  • v. To sharpen (a razor) on a strop.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
  • n. A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
  • n. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
  • v. To strap.
  • v. To hone (a razor) with a strop.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A strap; specifically, same as strap, 3.
  • v. To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen.
  • n. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as strap. Specifically
  • n. A strap or strip of leather, thick canvas, or other flexible material, suitably propared for smoothing the edge of a razor drawn over it while it is attached by one end and held in the hand by the other; hence also, by extension, a two-sided or four-sided piece of wood, with a handle and a casing, having strips of leather of differing surfaces affixed to two sides, and the two other sides, when (as more commonly) present, covered with coarser and finer emery or other abrasive powder for use in honing a razor.
  • n. Nautical, same as strap, 1 .
  • n. In rope-making, a rope with an eye at each end, used in twisting strands.
  • To sharpen on or as if on a strop or strap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sharpen on a strop
  • n. a leather strap used to sharpen razors
  • Verb Form
    stropped    stropping    strops   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sharpen    strap    sharpener   
    Variant
    stropping    stropped    strap   
    Form
    stropped    stropping   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    strap    huff   
    Same Context
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