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strapped
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
strapped
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be strapped for cash (also be short of cash) (= not have enough money)
▪ Many airlines are strapped for cash at the moment.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strapped

Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Strapping.]

  1. To beat or chastise with a strap.

  2. To fasten or bind with a strap.
    --Cowper.

  3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

Wiktionary
strapped

  1. 1 (context of a person informal English) muscular 2 (context slang English) armed, having a weapon 3 poor v

  2. (en-past of: strap)

WordNet
strap

  1. v. tie with a strap [ant: unstrap]

  2. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce]

  3. sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"

  4. secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

  5. [also: strapping, strapped]

strap

  1. n. an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

  2. hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

  3. a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag [syn: shoulder strap]

  4. whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

  5. [also: strapping, strapped]

strapped

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Wikipedia
Strapped

Strapped is a 1993 television crime- thriller/ drama produced by HBO Films. The film, which was directed by Forest Whitaker, was the cinematic debut of Bokeem Woodbine. It features several rappers including Fredro Starr, Busta Rhymes, and Kool Moe Dee.

Usage examples of "strapped".

Stormy had positioned himself at the prow, his ever-present crossbow strapped to his back.

Then he straightened up and studied the arrows in the quiver strapped to his hip.

Fiddler sat up, the sack of munitions still strapped to his shoulders.

Bridgeburner, this one with a broken, scorched fiddle strapped to his back, came up to the commander.

Zoe watched, wide eyed with alarm, as one of the female guards prepared a cotton wool pad with chloroform then stood over her where she lay strapped down and helpless.

She felt she had no strength left now to offer any resistance and soon she was on her back, strapped down onto the bench.

Already she no longer felt shocked that such torment sexually excited her and as she writhed helplessly, strapped down on the bench, she wondered shamefully how she could take such pleasure from what she was being subjected to.

The two youths dashed obediently up the stairs, leaving Zoe alone with Sir Rodney who strolled around the bench where she lay strapped down.

Her thighs were spread wide and strapped with broad belts that were tight around her legs.

Major walked across to where she lay strapped down and his gaze swept over her naked and bound body.

A sheathed dagger was strapped to one of his boots and in one hand he held what Zoe recognised as an Uzi 9mm machine pistol.

The man in black had waited in silence whilst she had been freed and now he ordered the Major to lie on his back on the same bench to which Zoe had been strapped down.

This time as well as tightening straps to her wrist and anklecuffs a broad belt was strapped across her chest below her breasts and another just above.

From each side of the bench the two young girls bent over her strapped down body and their moist lips closed over her breasts, their tongues licking and coaxing her nipples until they were fully erect.

A ball gag silenced the girl and her arms were strapped tightly behind her back with her hands covered by a single leather glove that was laced tightly around her wrists.