strop

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

strops

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.
Đồng nghĩa: razor strop
2.
(nautical) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
3.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A bad mood or temper. A tantrum.
4.
(slang)A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

strops

V_ing/Gerund

stropping

V_ed/pp

stropped

1.
To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
One should strop the razor before each shave.
2.
(obsolete)To strap.
3.
(computing) 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.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

razor strophuff

Cùng gốc / liên quan

razor strop

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Nguồn gốc từ

Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.