strop
Americannoun
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any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
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Nautical, Machinery. Also
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a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc.
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a metal band surrounding the pulley of a block to transmit the load on the pulley to its hook or shackle.
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a rope sling, as for handling cargo.
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a ring or grommet of rope.
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verb (used with object)
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to sharpen on or as if on a strop.
noun
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a leather strap or an abrasive strip for sharpening razors
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a rope or metal band around a block or deadeye for support
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informal a temper tantrum
he threw a strop and stormed off
verb
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(tr) to sharpen (a razor, etc) on a strop
Other Word Forms
- stropper noun
Etymology
Origin of strop
before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German strop; all probably < Latin stroppus, variant of struppus strap
Example Sentences
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The tour, for which the Jacksonville show was the sixth strop, runs through October and is in support of the March release of Wallen’s sophomore album, “One Thing at a Time.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
There’s one more elevated observation deck on the floating trail worth a strop before reaching Foster Island, from which you can connect to the Washington Park Arboretum via the southward path.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022
Mine may be better used as a razor strop.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022
You need to ask yourself a question I cannot answer for you: If your father throws a strop and refuses to attend the wedding at all, is that something you can deal with?
From Slate • Oct. 11, 2019
Honey, this strop was about broad as your hand from thumb to little finger, and it was cut in strips up.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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