strop
IPA: strˈɑp
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.
- (nautical) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
- (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) A bad mood or temper.
- (slang) A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.
verb
- To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
- (obsolete) To strap.
- (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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Examples of "strop" in Sentences
- He angrily sharpened his knife on the leather strop, muttering under his breath
- The barber meticulously honed his straight razor on the strop before shaving his client
- She ran her fingers along the rough surface of the strop, feeling the texture against her skin
- The old man taught his grandson how to properly use a strop to maintain his tools
- The chef expertly stropped his kitchen knives to ensure they stayed sharp for slicing and dicing
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