How do you use the word "strap" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "strap": Hold on to the strap. The train will start to move soon. Please hold on to the strap.

Strap Meaning

/stɹæp/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

nounA long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like., A strap worn on the shoulder.

Sentence Examples

Hold on to the strap. The train will start to move soon.

Please hold on to the strap.

I'm bothered since the strap of my backpack tore.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

whip slash lash

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

He adjusted the ____ of his backpack so it fit comfortably.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The leather ____ on his backpack broke, and he had to carry the heavy bag by hand for the rest of the day.

Word Origin & History

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed." — 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:

"a lively cobbler, that […] had scarce passed a day in his life without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap." — 1712 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 499; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 455:

"Had to pull a strap on a fool named Louis the Third / 'Cause I'm getting chased by the ghetto bird" — 1993 December 7, Ice Cube, “Ghetto Bird”, in Lethal Injection, track 3:

"Hide the straps." — 2018, Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole, 00:02:30 from the start, in Black Panther, spoken by N'Jobu (Sterling K. Brown), Burbank, California: Marvel Studios:

"After that, I graduated up to my first serious queer relationship where I learned the ropes. The first partner who strapped me made it everything I had wished for. She was thoughtful, patient, and would take her cues from how I responded. It was the complete opposite of my first sexual experience which was deeply disappointing and harmful. She bought a new strap just for us — a purple one with a Black harness. She had trouble putting it on, and it was important to her that she didn’t get dressed in front of me. As she struggled in the bathroom with the door open I laughed. “Don’t look!” she screamed as I heard her adorably grunt. She refused my giggly filled offer of help but that little moment beautifully eased the mood for my first time, releasing the tension I felt at being awkward and so new to strap-on sex, especially with a partner who had over a decade more experience than me." — 2021 November 8, Addie Tsai, AKALAC, “To Strap Or Not To Strap — That Is The Question”, in Autostraddle, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2021, Lesbian Sex:

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