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Meanings of strap in English
Synonyms
Examples for "whip"
Examples for "whip"
1
In one hand was a heavy whip; in the other a pistol.
2
The whip was whirring in the air again; but it never fell.
3
We're going to need someone to whip our American family into shape.
4
Ms Shortall resigns as Minister of State and relinquishes the Labour whip.
5
With the current whip rules, however, we will be selling racing Lite.
1
I shall bring them to all future publishing meetings slash psych evals.
2
Haze from slash-and-burn forest fires was not mentioned as a safety concern.
3
A slump in the sector led the company to slash downstream costs.
4
The Finnish government was forced to slash public spending and increase taxes.
5
But he rejected any early moves to slash reasonable income tax rates.
1
Beresford cracked the long lash and Cuffy leaned forward in the traces.
2
The virtue of submission is in the lash, it supples like seeds.
3
Willem wanted to lash out at someone; he felt confused and dissatisfied.
4
The next move of the chums was to lash the buoys together.
5
The borders did not include Victoria, causing Mr Andrews to lash out.
1
Does one of his other charges have a new record to flog?
2
Is it something which Vodafone think might help them flog more downloads?
3
You were almost ready to flog me for it at the time.
4
I do not mean to flog you wit whips from the past.
5
Put me in irons, but don't flog me; I will confess all.
1
The entire secret society would be in a lather to meet me.
2
Six hours later Wilmot came in on a horse covered with lather.
3
Still I thought I could fulfil the rôle of lather-boy very effectively.
4
Even when he smears soap lather over them, I don't feel anything.
5
He was a lather and had a steady job till sickness came.
1
The softly spoken question raised a red, stinging welt on Annie's heart.
2
The welt has long since disappeared, but I wince for his sake.
3
But there is none,-onlyyours are a trifle stouter in the welt.
4
He saw Beth staring dumbfounded at a purple welt on her hand.
5
The angry welt on her rib cage, just below her left breast.
1
We are both hard-working, well-organised teams who rarely trounce or get trounced.
2
But keep your grimy hands off my Rabelais, or I'll trounce you.
3
For if you do, I'll trounce you for it, do you hear?
4
Never again should we allow a comforting falsehood to trounce a painful truth.
5
I think they only ask me to play so they can trounce me.
Usage of strap in English
1
The strap is tightened to a point of providing pressure without pain.
2
I try to unlatch my safety strap and it won't come off.
3
We used to fuck around like that: Try a longer strap, John.
4
The single-strap closure and inner sock lining allowed for a great fit.
5
The man in the strap-chair obeyed the instruction with an absorbed attention.
6
A second, larger box is suspended from her shoulder by a strap.
7
The strap really glistened in the twilight like a signal of distress.
8
The Captain of the gun also shortens the strap of his haversack.
9
A pistol was holstered on his right hip, the safety strap off.
10
Should you need to do so, you can remove the strap entirely.
11
The strap which ran under the belly was called the belly girt.
12
The girth's broken; I'll have to make another hole in the strap.
13
After hanging on to a strap, he said to a young woman.
14
His nervous system, so to speak, extended itself into the metal strap.
15
She at once laid hold of the strap to open the window.
16
This encouragement gave Oppie his second wind and he loosened another strap.
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Strap across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
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