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    [Noun]  | "strop" | \ ˈsträp \


    1: strap:

    2: a short rope with its ends spliced to form a circle

    3: a usually leather band for sharpening a razor


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English {mat|strap|};

    [Verb]  | "strop" 


    1: to sharpen (a razor) on a strop


    Origin: 1837 ;

    [Verb]  | "strops" 


    1: to make sharp or sharper;


      * e.g., " ... at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades "





    [Verb]  | "strop" 


    1: to make sharp or sharper;


      * e.g., " ... at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades "





     [ "strops" ]

    1: Straps that do not fit appropriately; a new form of awkwardly shaped sportswear

      * e.g.,  ... The strops we wore the other day in foortball practice sure did irritate my groin. 

     [ "Strop" ]

    1: Sulk, tantrum, mood. Context-sensitive to convey magnitude through exaggeration and emphasis in the speaker.

      * e.g.,  ... So-and-so threw a strop. 

     [ "Strop" ]

    1: To be in a bad mood, angry, temper, paddy,tantrum

      * e.g.,  ... yeh bob was in a right strop, he really threw his rattle out the pram 

     [ "strop" ]

    1: A thick length of leather attached to a metal crimp with a hook or clasp used to burnish or sharpen the blade of a straight razor

      * e.g.,  ... If you don't have a belt handy to whip someone you could always use a strop. My barber always keeps his strop attached to his station to keep his straight razor in proper shape. 

     [ "Strop" ]

    1: Someone who is easily agitated, throws a wobley then goes into a sulk.

      * e.g.,  ... She got annoyed then threw a strop 


     [ "Strop" ]

    2: These people generally are unable to communicate their feelings effectively/openly, but instead build up the thoughts inside their head then just explode.

     [ "strop" ]

    1: bum fart

      * e.g.,  ... person: strop 

     [ "strop" ]

    1: The action of a cat arching its back and rubbing against the leg of a favoured person, often weaving figure 8 patterns in a way most likely to trip that person.

      * e.g.,  ... "As soon as I got home, both cats immediately stropped against me, quickly turning my pantlegs into furry lint-magnets." 

     [ "Strops" ]

    1: a word meaning straight, also invented by the coolest kid alive, to put extra emphasis on it use soooo before it.

      * e.g.,  ... Nick you guys win? 


     [ "Strops" ]

    2: Also used to describe something nice.

      * e.g.,  ... worbs 

     [ "Man Strop" ]

    1: The sudden and alarming hissy fit that grown men have when confronted with information that they don't like, or when asked to do something that they don't want to do. Asking for some attention to be paid to you instead of a games console, for instance, will almost always result in a man strop. Likewise, the dreadful crime of informing him that he has behaved like a twat will be punishable by a full on man strop.

      * e.g.,  ... "I sked him to stop playing that thing for 5 minutes and listen to me, and he threw the controller down and stormed around in a total man strop" "Grow up, you fucking baby, stop throwing such a man strop!" 

     [ "throw a strop" ]

    1: To become easily offended or annoyed; ill-tempered or belligerent for a period of time, due to a situation which has triggered an uncomfortable emotion.

      * e.g.,  ... If I arrive home late from work again, she is likely to throw a strop. 

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