strap

1. 1.

   tie with a strap

   Antonymsunstrap

   Broadertie

   Narrowerhopple
2. 2.

   beat severely with a whip or rod

   “The teacher often flogged the students”

   “The children were severely trounced”

   Synonymsflogweltwhiplatherlashslashtrounce

   Broaderbeat

   Narrowerflagellateleatherhorsewhipswitchcowhidecatbirch
3. 3.

   sharpen with a strap

   “strap a razor”

   Broadersharpen
4. 4.

   secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

   Broaderfasten

   medicine

Other forms of strap

plural

straps·

past tense or participle

strapped

present participle

strapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about strap

What does strap mean?

strap means "an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in strap?

strap has 1 syllable: strap. In IPA it is /ˈstɹæp/.

What is another word for strap?

Close synonyms include shoulder strap, flog, welt, whip, lather. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of strap?

The recorded antonyms are unstrap.

Is strap a common word?

strap is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with strap?

2 words rhyme with strap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.