Definitions for Strop
strɒpstrop

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stropverb

   a leather strap used to sharpen razors

2. stropverb

   sharpen on a strop

   "strop razors"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stropnoun

   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 this sense also called razor strop.

2. stropnoun

   A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)

3. stropverb

   To strap.

4. stropverb

   (recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.

   One should strop the razor before each shave.

5. Etymology: Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Strop

   A razor strop or simply a strop (sometimes called a razor strap or strap) is a flexible strip of leather, canvas, denim fabric, balsa wood, or other soft material, used to straighten and polish the blade of a straight razor, a knife, or a woodworking tool such as a chisel. In many cases stropping re-aligns parts of the blade edge that have been bent out of alignment. In other cases, especially when abrasive polishing compound is used, stropping may remove a small amount of metal (functionally equivalent to lapping). Stropping can also burnish (i.e. push metal around on) the blade.The strop may be a hanging strop or a hand-held paddle. Various abrasive compounds may be applied to the strop to aid in polishing the blade while stropping to obtain a mirror-like finish. Common abrasive compounds include half-micron diamonds, green chromium(III) oxide, white rouge (aluminum oxide), and jeweller's rouge (iron(III) oxide).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strop

   A strop is a device, typically a strip of leather or canvas, used for sharpening and polishing the blades of razors or knives. It can also refer to the action of sharpening a blade with a strop.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stropnoun

   a strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3

2. Stropverb

   to draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor

3. Stropnoun

   a piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it

4. Etymology: [See Strap.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Strop

   strop, n. a strip of leather, or of wood covered with leather, &c., for sharpening razors.—v.t. to sharpen on a strop:—pr.p. strop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. stropped. [Older form of strap.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strop

   A piece of rope, spliced generally into a circular wreath, and used to surround the body of a block, so that the latter may be hung to any particular situation about the masts, yards, or rigging. Strops are also used occasionally to fasten upon any large rope for the purpose of hooking a tackle to the eye or double part of the strop, in order to extend or pull with redoubled effort upon the same rope; as in setting up the rigging, where one hook of the tackle is fixed in a strop applied to the particular shroud, and the other to its laniard.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STROP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Strop is ranked #77788 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Strop surname appeared 246 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Strop.
   
   95.1% or 234 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Sharpen

Anagrams for Strop »

1. sport

How to pronounce Strop?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Strop in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Strop in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Strop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Strop
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strop
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strop
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Strop
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Strop
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Strop
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html