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noun

Definition of strapnext
as in belt
a narrow and usually flat piece of a material that is used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping something She had the nervous habit of fiddling with the strap of her watch.

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verb

as in to rope

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Recent Examples of strap
Noun
During a 2017 match, Venus Williams’ pink bra strap peeked out from her white uniform. — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Some digging around Amazon led me to the Hollywood Fashion Secrets Bra Converting Clip, which has singlehandedly solved my wandering-strap woes. — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 9 July 2026
Verb
Companies run teleoperation farms where people strap into VR rigs and exoskeletons and pilot robots through the same dull tasks over and over, logging every motion as training data. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Overhead lighting in the dining room and above the kitchen island look almost like an Hermès horse bridle, constructed with caramel leather strapping and elegant brass finishes. — Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for strap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strap
  1. belt
  2. rope
  3. tape
  4. wire
  5. tie
  6. thread
Noun
  • Emmet Sheehan battles through 5⅓ strong innings and Shohei Ohtani belts his ninth leadoff homer, but the Dodgers are swept for the first time this season.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Gassiev was originally meant to face Tony Yoka for the WBA's secondary heavyweight crown but got an upgrade to the full title, and a new opponent, after unified champion Oleksandr Usyk vacated his belts last month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of belt
Verb
  • Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of rope
Noun
  • This is Gordo and Tracy sacrificing themselves by running onto the moon’s surface with only duct-tape suits to stop a nuclear reactor from melting down.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
  • Many of the rooms come with vintage tape decks and homemade mixed tapes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of tape
Verb
  • The Colorado Avalanche entered the Western Conference final with an aura of near invincibility after leading the NHL wire to wire, and cruising through the first two rounds in just nine games.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • That hormones shape our moods and feelings, wire our brains and guide numerous, diverse processes throughout the body means that the practice of endocrinology is not based around any particular organ.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Definition of wire
Verb
  • The game remained tied after regulation and headed to extra time, when Bellingham, once again, came to the rescue for the Three Lions.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026
  • After Ohtani hit his 21st homer of the season, Andy Pages hit a tying 419-foot blast to left-center for his 17th homer.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of tie
Verb
  • Closing down neither Moroccan player left him in no man’s land, allowing Brahim Diaz to thread the ball through the heart of Brazil’s defence for Ismael Saibari to score.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • In terms of threading the needle between the experimentation and playing Lestat does before landing on a style that’s uniquely his, Lestat’s preference for musical exploration is akin to Hart’s own.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
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