# strap

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹæp/ · frequency rank #9,825

## Definitions
1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
2. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
3. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
4. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
5. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
6. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
7. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
8. The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
9. The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
10. A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
11. Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
12. A strap-on.
13. Synonym of strapline.
14. A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
15. An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **swap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-swap)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-sura)
- **strip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strip)
- **straw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-straw)
- **syrup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-syrup)
- **stray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-stray)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-stump)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strut)
- **strat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strat)
- **sutra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-sutra)
- **strep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strep)
- **stream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-stream)
- **streak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-streak)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strips)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-stripe)
- **strata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-strata)
- **Streep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-streep)
- **Straus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strap-vs-straus)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sap-vs-strap)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sta-vs-strap)

## Common misspellings (8)
`srtap`, `sstrap`, `starp`, `strapp`, `strpa`, `strrap`, `sttrap`, `tsrap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strap