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1. Without or very short of money
   "Strapped for cash wise parent humours the desire for independent action"; "Their home is paid off or nearly paid off, but they are cash-strapped";
   - broke, bust, skint [Brit], stone-broke [N. Amer], stony-broke [Brit], cash-strapped, strapped for cash

1. Tie with a strap
    
2. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often strapped the students";
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce, whale [N. Amer]
    
3. Sharpen with a strap
   "strap a razor"
    
4. (medicine) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

See also: poor

Type of: beat, beat up, bind, fasten, fix, secure, sharpen, tie, work over

Antonym: unstrap

Encyclopedia: Strapped