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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Strapping}.]
     1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
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     2. To fasten or bind with a strap. --Cowper.


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     3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
        razor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strap
       n 1: an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material)
            for binding things together or holding something in
            position
       2: hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the
          ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
       3: a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or
          bag [syn: {shoulder strap}]
       4: whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
       v 1: tie with a strap [ant: {unstrap}]
       2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
          the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
           {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {trounce}]
       3: sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
       4: secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
       [also: {strapping}, {strapped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strapped
       See {strap}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "strapped":
     badly off, beat, beggared, bound, broke, busted, destitute,
     distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch,
     fettered, flat, flat broke, fortuneless, hampered, handcuffed,
     hard up, ill off, impecunious, in Queer Street, in bonds,
     in chains, in irons, in narrow circumstances,
     in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, ironbound,
     land-poor, manacled, narrow, on the edge, oofless, out of pocket,
     penurious, pinched, poor, poorly off, reduced, shackled, short,
     short of cash, short of funds, short of money, squeezed,
     stone-broke, stony, straitened, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up,
     trammeled, unmoneyed, unprosperous
  
  

















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