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strop

/stɹɒp/

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noun

Lederriemen, Streichriemen

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, in this sense also called razor strop.

Examples :

"He carefully ran the straight razor across the leather strop before shaving, sharpening the blade. "

Er zog den Rasierer vor dem Rasieren vorsichtig über den Lederriemen, um die Klinge zu schärfen.

material utensil device item

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noun

schlechte Laune, miese Stimmung

A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.)

Examples :

"Her morning strop made everyone in the house walk on eggshells. "

Ihre morgendliche schlechte Laune ließ alle im Haus auf Eierschalen gehen.

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noun

Schlinge, Reif

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

Examples :

"The heavy block and tackle was secured to the ceiling with a thick strop, ensuring it wouldn't fall during the warehouse inventory. "

Der schwere Flaschenzug wurde mit einer dicken Schlinge an der Decke befestigt, um sicherzustellen, dass er während der Lagerinventur nicht herunterfällt.

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verb

riemen

Examples :

"The angry father threatened to strop his son if he didn't improve his grades. "

Der wütende Vater drohte, seinen Sohn zu riemen, wenn er seine Noten nicht verbessern würde.

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verb

Abziehen

(recorded since 1842; now most used) To hone (a razor) with a strop.

Examples :

"One should strop the razor before each shave."

Man sollte den Rasierer vor jeder Rasur abziehen.

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verb

Syntaktisch als etwas Besonderes kennzeichnen, z.B. durch Apostrophe wie in 'foo' oder Großschreibung wie in FOO

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.

Examples :

"The programming instructor asked the students to strop the keyword "while" in their code examples by writing it in all capital letters, WHILE, to make it easily identifiable. "

Der Programmierlehrer forderte die Schüler auf, das Schlüsselwort "while" in ihren Codebeispielen syntaktisch hervorzuheben, indem sie es in Großbuchstaben schrieben, WHILE, um es leicht erkennbar zu machen.

computing language writing technical word communication

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noun

Ausschussdiamant

A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

Examples :

"The jeweler tossed the small, flawed diamond into a separate pile, dismissing it as a strop. "

Der Juwelier warf den kleinen, fehlerhaften Diamanten auf einen separaten Haufen und tat ihn als Ausschussdiamant ab.

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