[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

strap \strap\, v. t. imp.  p. p. strapped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   strapping.
   1. to beat or chastise with a strap.
      1913 webster

   2. to fasten or bind with a strap. --cowper.
      1913 webster

   3. to sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
      razor.
      1913 webster
see also:
strapped strapping 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strap
     n 1: an elongated leather strip or or strip of similar material
          for binding things together or holding something in
          position
     2: hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the
        ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
     3: a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or
        bag syn: shoulder strap
     4: whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
     v 1: tie with a strap ant: unstrap
     2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "the teacher often flogged
        the students"; "the children were severely trounced" syn:
         flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce
     3: sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
     4: secure a sprained joint with a strap
     also: strapping, strapped
see also:
shoulder strap unstrap flog welt whip lather 
lash slash trounce strapping strapped 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strapped
     see strap
see also:
strap 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "strapped":
   badly off, beat, beggared, bound, broke, busted, destitute,
   distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch,
   fettered, flat, flat broke, fortuneless, hampered, handcuffed,
   hard up, ill off, impecunious, in queer street, in bonds,
   in chains, in irons, in narrow circumstances,
   in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, ironbound,
   land-poor, manacled, narrow, on the edge, oofless, out of pocket,
   penurious, pinched, poor, poorly off, reduced, shackled, short,
   short of cash, short of funds, short of money, squeezed,
   stone-broke, stony, straitened, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up,
   trammeled, unmoneyed, unprosperous

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