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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
In Nautical:
A
piece
of
rope
spliced
into a
circular
wreath
, and
put
round a
block
for
hanging
it.
●
In Australian English, British English, Hong Kong English, Indian English, Irish English, Malaysian English, New Zealand English, Singapore English & South African English:
A
bad
mood
or temper.
●
A poor-quality or
unsaleable
diamond.
Verb
●
To
hone
(a
razor
or
knife
) with a strop.
●
To strap.
●
In 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.
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