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strop

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Synonyms: stoop, strap, strip, stop, stroy, strom, strep, strow, stroop, trop, stroh

Antonyms: stoop, strap, strip, stop, stroy, strom, strep, strow, stroop, trop, stroh

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Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Verb

  1. To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
    • One should strop the razor before each shave.
  2. To strap.

Noun

  1. A bad mood or temper. A tantrum.

Verb

  1. 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.

Noun

  1. A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

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