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Definition: Strapper |
StrapperNoun1. A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates machine to wind reinforcing metal or plastic bands around ends of boxes or cartons: Places spool of strapping on machine and threads end of strap through jaws of clamp. Adjusts jaws to attain specified tension on strap. Tightens clamp down on box or carton placed in it. Nails end of strap to box. Starts machine that automatically winds strap around box or carton. Nails strap to box, and cuts strap with snips. Releases pressure of clamp on box or carton and removes it from machine. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | STRAPPER. A large man or woman. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: StrapperSynonyms: bruiser (n), bull (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Size | Giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; "Triton among the minnows". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Strapper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Strapper" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
strapper | 24 |
carton strapper | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "strapper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | burrë i fortë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شخص قوي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | запрегач, здравеняк (husky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gaillard. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dralles Mädchen (wench). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δένων (fastener, tier). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lovász (groom, hostler, jockey, ostler, outrider, stableman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apperstray pessoa robusta, indivíduo forte, cavalariça (corral, stable). (various references) рослый человек. (various references) uprezač, pričvršćivač kaišem, kršna žena, konjušar (batman, groom, horseboy, horseman, hostler, ostler, stableman, syce). (various references) iri yarı ve dinç kimse, etine dolgun kız. (various references) người vạm vỡ (stalwart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "strapper": strappers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "strapper": understrapper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "strapper": understrappers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "strapper" (pronounced 'Strap"per'): Attemper, Capper, Chopper, Clipper, Contemper, Cropper, Cupper, Dapper, flapper, flipper, Fripper, Mistemper, Nipper, Obtemper, Overpamper, Pamper, Pauper, Rapper, Recapper, Reshipper, sapper, Scorper, scupper, shipper, shopper, sipper, Snipper, Sopper, stepper, Swipper, tapper, tipper, topper, trapper, tripper, Uncapper, Untemper, viper, Whipper, Wrapper. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: trappers. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-p-p-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: praters, rappers, tappers, trapper. | |
-2 letters: arrest, papers, parers, parser, paster, paters, prater, prates, rapers, rapper, rarest, rasper, raster, raters, repast, sapper, sparer, starer, tapers, tapper, tarres, terras, trapes. | |
-3 letters: apers, apres, apter, asper, aster, paper, parer, pares, parrs, parse, parts, paste, pater, pates, pears, peart, peats, perps, prase, prate, prats, preps, presa, prest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-p-p-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: strappers, tarpapers. | |
+2 letters: cartoppers, upperparts. | |
+3 letters: partnership, perpetrates, praetorship, preparators, propraetors, rapporteurs, wiretappers. | |
+4 letters: appreciators, appropriates, dipterocarps, expropriates, paratroopers, partnerships, periphrastic, perpetrators, perpetuators, perspiration, perspiratory, praetorships, preparations, preparatives, purplehearts, reapportions, spectrograph, superpatriot, topographers, typographers. | |
+5 letters: copartnership, expropriators, hyperparasite, perpetrations, perspirations, petrographers, petrographies, photographers, preceptorials, precipitators, predepartures, preponderates, proprietaries, rephotographs, spectrographs, spectrography, spermatophore, superpatriots, understrapper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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