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strap

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1. strap - Noun

2. strap - Verb

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A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

To beat or chastise with a strap.

To fasten or bind with a strap.

To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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You won't be some valued member of a movement. You are cannon fodder for them. They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you. That is the sick and brutal reality of ISIL. David Cameron

If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you. David Cameron

Let the president answer a higher anarchy. Strap him with an AK-47, let him go, fight his own war. Let him impress daddy that way. No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our own soil. Eminem

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? Steven Wright

Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door. Cliff Robertson

Rahm Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote. He would strap his children to the front end of a steam locomotive. Eric Massa

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