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strapped

verbadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • Australia

Having a strap or straps.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of strapsimple past and past participle of strap

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a strap or straps.

    The pregnant woman should wear a wide-strapped bra that supports the breasts without causing nipple pressure.

  2. 2

    informalMuscular.

  3. 3

    slangArmed; carrying a weapon.

    Punched him in his belly and he gave him a slap, / But little did he know the lil' boy was strapped, / The kid pulled out a gun, he said "Why did ya hit me?" / The barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney

    I ain't gonna be out here strapped.

  4. 4

    slangPoor; broke.

    Families struggling to meet mortgage payments or pay for health care can easily find themselves too strapped to take advantage of school meals, even though they are a bargain.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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