n.
   - a strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, used for fastening, securing, carrying, or holding on to.
 - a strip of metal, often hinged, used for fastening or securing.
 - 
(the strap)
 punishment by beating with a leather strap.
 
v.
 (straps, strapping, strapped)
    - fasten or secure with a strap.
 - Brit. bind (an injured part of the body) with adhesive plaster.
 - beat with a leather strap.
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[as adj. strapped]
 informal short of money:
 I'm constantly strapped for cash.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - strapless adj.
  - strappy adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  C16 (denoting a trap for birds, also a piece of wood fastening two objects together): dial. form of strop1.