strapped en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(in-compounds, not-comparable, sometimes) Having a strap or straps.
The pregnant woman should wear a wide-strapped bra that supports the breasts without causing nipple pressure.
2002, Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski, Textbook of Basic Nursing, page 917:
- (informal, not-comparable, of a person) Muscular.
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(not-comparable, slang) Armed; carrying a weapon.
I ain't gonna be out here strapped.
2006 October 15, “Margin of Error” (43:48 from the start), in The Wire, season 4, episode 6 (television production), spoken by Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), via HBO: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
1989 April 4, Slick Rick, “Children's Story”, in The Great Adventures of Slick Rick:
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(not-comparable, slang) Poor; 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.
2010 January 4, Janet Poppendieck, Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 9:
Deriveds
strapped for money · cash strapped · cash-strapped
Synonyms
ripped (muscular) · cash-strapped · strapped for cash