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Definition: Strop |
StropNoun1. A leather strap used to sharpen razors. Verb1. Sharpen on a strop, as of razors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "strop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A piece of rope with the ends spliced together used for attaching a tackle to anything or for slinging any weight to be lifted. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A noose of steel cable or a loop of chain, that is tightened round a log and terminates in a hook(the choker hook)or other fastening device for attaching to a butt hook. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Sports & Leisure | A length of wire cable, cordage, or webbing, with loop ends or metal fittings attached, to increase the distance at deployment between two components of a parachute assembly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Sharpener, hone, strop; grindstone, whetstone; novaculite; steel, emery. |
Render sharp; Adjective: sharpen, point, aculeate, whet, barb, spiculate, set, strop, grind; chip. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Strop |
| English words defined with "strop": Razor strap, razor strop ♦ Stropped, Stropping. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "strop": horse collar. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Strop" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (ceiling, roof), Dutch (abortion, loss), Romanian (atom, bead, bit, drop, grain, nip, ounce, Pearl, peg, spatter, speck, spot). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Strop (1962) Look and Listen Strop (1952) | |
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| "Strop" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Strop" is used about 12 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) | 83.33% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 16.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "strop" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Strop | Last name | 200 | 36,730 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "strop": lifting strop ♦ razor strop ♦ rescue strop. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "strop": razor-strop. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
strop | 37 |
razor strop | 30 |
leather strop | 9 |
bare bottom razor spanking strop | 8 |
leather razor strop | 2 |
punishment razor strop | 2 |
razor strop whipping | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "strop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrip lëkure, mpreh në rrip. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مشحذ جلدي للأمواس, شحذ (be sharp, edge, grind, hone, quicken, sharp, sharpen, sharpening, stone, whet, whetting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | строп, ремък за точене, точа на ремък, остря (grind, point, sharpen, whet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | řemen na obtahování břitvy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | strop (bail clamp, bride, cargo sling, cross strap, harness, ornamental link, sling, strap, tie-bar), kaedestrop (choker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scheerriem (razor strop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akrigrimeno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چرم تیغ تیزکن , تسمه (Bail, Belt, Halter, Hoop, Lash, Ribbon, Thong), طناب کوتاه , بچرم کشیدن وتیزکردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | silmukka (eyelet, loop, mesh, noose, stitch coil), yhdyspunos (bridle), raksi (sling, strap, tag), juontosilmukka (choker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cuir rasoir (razor strop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abziehen (bottle, decal, deduct, detract, disengage, escape, fire, flay, go away, go off, move away, peel away, peel back, print, print off, pull off, pull out, remove, roll away, run off, sharpen, siphon off, skin, slope away, slope off, squeeze the trigger, strip, strip off, subtract, subtraction, take away, take off, to deduct, to strop, to subtract, withdraw, withdrawal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκουλαρίκι τροχίλου(κν.) (strap), συρματόσχοινο μετατοπίσεως (choker, drag line), σχοινένιος δακτύλιος (strap), σχοίνινος δακτύλιος, στρόπος, ενώτιο τροχίλου (strap), λωρί ξυραφιού, λουρί με κρίκους, ακονίζω (edge, grind, hone, sharpen, whet), τροχίζω ξυράφι, θηλιά (loop, noose, slip knot, tab). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | borotvaszíj, fenőszíj (honing strap), brága (rope sling, sling), borotvafenő, borotvaélesítő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | brýnól. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stroppo (sling, strap), sbirro (strap), coramella, collegamento di estremit (choker), cinghia (belt, strap), cavo a strozzo (choker), canestrello (grommet, strap, variegated scallop), birro (strap), affilare (edge, grind, sharpen, whet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 革 (leather strop), 剃刀 (hone, razor strop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かわと (leather strop), かみそりど (hone, razor strop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhiare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opstray estropo (grummet, sling). (various references) zbir (brute, tyrant), ascuţi pe curea un brici, ascuţi (cultivate, edge, give an edge to, grind, hone, intensify, point, put an edge on, refine, set an edge to, sharpen, taper, whet, worsen). (various references) строп, ремень для правки бритв (razor-strap, razor-strop), править бритву. (various references) uže (cable, rope, tack, trace, twine), oštriti na kaišu, kaiš za oštrenje. (various references) suavizador (strickle), gaza (loop), estrobo (strap, strobe), eslinga (sling), braga (diaper, nappy, sling, underpants), alargadera. (various references) strigla (strap), strigel (strap). (various references) ustura kayışı (razor strop), makara ipi, kayışa sürerek bilemek, kayış (band, belt, slide, sliding, slip, slipping, strap). (various references) строп, ремінь (band, belt, strap, thong), правити (answer, govern, helm, king, oversee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "strop": strophanthin, strophanthins, strophe, strophes, strophic, stropped, stropper, stroppers, stroppier, stroppiest, stropping, stroppy, strops. (additional references) | |
Words containing "strop": anastrophe, anastrophes, antistrophe, antistrophes, antistrophic, antistrophically, apostrophe, apostrophes, apostrophic, apostrophise, apostrophised, apostrophises, apostrophising, apostrophize, apostrophized, apostrophizes, apostrophizing, astrophotograph, astrophotographer, astrophotographers, astrophotographies, astrophotographs, astrophotography, astrophysical, astrophysically, astrophysicist, astrophysicists, astrophysics, boustrophedon, boustrophedonic, boustrophedons, catastrophe, catastrophes, catastrophic, catastrophically, catastrophism, catastrophisms, catastrophist, catastrophists, claustrophobe, claustrophobes, claustrophobia, claustrophobias, claustrophobic, claustrophobically, diastrophic, diastrophically, diastrophism, diastrophisms, dystrophic, dystrophies. (additional references) | |
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"Strop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Asterope, Astrov, Atropa, istro, Ostro, Ostrov, satro, scroop, scrop, Sgriob, Sgroi, sirop, sro, srop, sterup, stiro, Stopp, storq, strapp, strepp, strimp, strob, strobl, strod, strog, strok, strom, stron, stroob, stroon, stroop, stroph, stropy, strot, strow, stru, struf, strump, sttrep, syrop, Tythrop. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ports, prost, sport. | |
| Words within the letters "o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: opts, orts, port, post, pots, pros, rots, sort, spot, stop, tops, tors, trop. | |
-2 letters: ops, opt, ors, ort, pot, pro, rot, sop, sot, top, tor. | |
-3 letters: op, or, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: pastor, poster, presto, prosit, repots, respot, ripost, sports, sporty, sprout, stoper, strops, stupor, thorps, topers, tripos, tromps, troops, tropes. | |
+2 letters: airpost, captors, copters, cryptos, deports, disport, esparto, exports, gosport, hotspur, imports, parrots, partons, pastors, patrols, patrons, petrols, petrous, poorest, portals, porters, postern, posters, posture, postwar, pothers, potters, potzers, pouters, powters, presort, prestos, pretors, probits, profits, projets, prompts, prosect, prostie, proteas, protest, proteus, protist, protons, protyls, provost, prowest, ragtops, raptors, redtops, replots, reports, reposit, respots, riposte, riposts, ripstop, ropiest, seaport, sported, sporter, sportif, spotter, spouter, sprouts, stomper, stooper, stopers, stopper, strophe, stroppy, stupors, support, tarpons, thorpes, toppers, torpids, torpors, tripods, trompes, tropics, tropins, tropism, troupes, uproots. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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