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• n  an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
• n  hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
• n  a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
• n  whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
• v  tie with a strap
• v  beat severely with a whip or rod
• v  sharpen with a strap
  strap a razor
• v  secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

• Last year, Connie Hedegaard invited Environment Ministers to strap on their boot spikes and join her for a hike up the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina.
• The pictures alone on this foodie's wiki-paradise are enough to make you want to strap on your apron and start sauting.
• The medics pull moldable splints from their backpacks and strap them to the young legs.

• shoulder strap
• flog
• welt
• whip
• lather
• lash
• slash
• trounce

• unstrap

News & Articles

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• Letters: Strapless dress ban threatens liberties in Readington
  Why has such a big deal been made about a simple little strap? Charlotte Nijenhuis asks.
  June 11, 2013 - Hunterdon County Democrat
• Coverage You Can Count On
  COLUMBIA - Oranges were scattered across Highway 63 near the Vandiver Drive exit Tuesday afternoon. A witness said the strap on the back of a truck filled with oranges snapped, sending oranges flying across the highway. He and some others driving by stopped to collect some of the free oranges.
  June 11, 2013 - KOMU Columbia
• Mark Henry's Return to RAW Revealed, WWE Diva to Celebrity Judge at Miss USA Pageant
  - WWE announced tonight that Mark Henry will be returning to RAW on next week's show. Henry has been away since the Strap Match with Sheamus at Extreme Rules.
  June 11, 2013 - Lords of Pain

Quotes

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• Ed Reed in International Herald Tribune
  Here's a guy who had months to live and we're making small talk. And as we're talking, he's taking his guitar strap and hooking it, wrapping it around, then he puts the guitar into the case and he flips the snaps on the case and says, `Here, I want... David Letterman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE2QhtTIJwojLe1FwnugZ62Hyhgsw CNN http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/03/david.letterman.ap/&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEs_ZAGYR5jAyUe7qb6arAcu3SR6A Sep 2, 2008 95176 126435 strap Asked if he expected to have Suggs in the lineup, Baltimore safety Ed Reed said, Oh yeah, of course. You would have to strap him down. Just like Troy's calf, I know the competitor he has in him."
• Ingrid Newkirk in Washington Post
  Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, told Time magazine's "Swampland" blog: "If you wouldn't strap your child to the roof of your car, you have no business doing that to the family dog!"