strop

  1. Noun.  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''.
  2. Noun.  (British) A bad mood or temper (see stroppy.).
  3. Verb.  (obsolete) To strap.
  4. Verb.  (''recorded since 1842; now most used'') To hone (a razor) with a strop.

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