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: strap:
a
: a short rope with its ends spliced to form a circle
b
: a usually leather band for sharpening a razor
Example Sentences
Verb
at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades
Recent Examples on the Web
Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
At that other place, strop-leather brisket was sliced the wrong direction, overcooked pork ribs disintegrated under the cutter’s knife, and angry knobs of sausage absorbed light like a black hole.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2022
The watch is offered with an interchangeable strop that can be substituted for another with the simple touch of a button.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
Some sharpeners also include a ceramic honing rod or leather strop.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
That said, straight razor fans with impeccable skill and the diligence to keep this very sharp instrument away from pets and kids will doubtless appreciate the ability to replace the blade instead of using a strop.
—Popular Science, 16 Mar. 2020
Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, looked back at his winger throwing a strop on the bench behind him and shrugged it off with a chuckle.
—SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
To remove the burr, use a leather strop, one of rubberized cork or softwood with a polishing compound on its surface.
—Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, 17 Nov. 2017
Lay the knife over the strop’s face and draw it backward.
—Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, 17 Nov. 2017
Harold Maass, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
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Noun
That’s because it’s outfitted with two stone-like diamond abrasives, four ceramic rod surfaces, and a leather strop.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
At that other place, strop-leather brisket was sliced the wrong direction, overcooked pork ribs disintegrated under the cutter’s knife, and angry knobs of sausage absorbed light like a black hole.
—Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2022
The watch is offered with an interchangeable strop that can be substituted for another with the simple touch of a button.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
Some sharpeners also include a ceramic honing rod or leather strop.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
That said, straight razor fans with impeccable skill and the diligence to keep this very sharp instrument away from pets and kids will doubtless appreciate the ability to replace the blade instead of using a strop.
—Popular Science, 16 Mar. 2020
Jurgen Klopp, meanwhile, looked back at his winger throwing a strop on the bench behind him and shrugged it off with a chuckle.
—SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
To remove the burr, use a leather strop, one of rubberized cork or softwood with a polishing compound on its surface.
—Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, 17 Nov. 2017
Lay the knife over the strop’s face and draw it backward.
—Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, 17 Nov. 2017
Verb
The Department of Transportation said the policy was in response to Beijing's refusal to allow a resumption of flights to China by U.S. carriers that stropped flying to China due to U.S. coronavirus restrictions.
—Harold Maass, TheWeek, 4 June 2020
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves.
—National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor.
—New York Times, 9 July 2018
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“Strop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strop. Accessed 20 Mar. 2023.
Kids Definition
strop
1 of 2 noun
: a usually leather band for sharpening a razor
strop
2 of 2 verb
stropped; stropping
: to sharpen on a strop
strop a razor
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