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Rarestrop
The correct spelling is strop.
How to pronounce strop
/stɹɒp/
nounIPA: /stɹɒp/
Say it like: Str-op
The correct spelling is strop. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called… For example: "One should strop the razor before each shave."
Usage Examples
“One should strop the razor before each shave.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor, in this sense also called razor strop.
- 2.A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)
- 3.A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
- 4.A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.
verb
- 1.To strap.
- 2.(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.
- 3.To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.
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