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    strapped
    /strapt/

    adjective

    • 1. short of money: informal "I'm constantly strapped for cash"

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  2. used to describe a person or organization that does not have enough money: economically/financially strapped They target financially strapped smaller companies for acquisition. At the end of the 90s, the International Monetary Fund was strapped for cash . See also. cash-strapped.

  3. Definition of 'strapped' Word Frequency. strapped. (stræpt ) 1. adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE] If someone is strapped for money, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need. My husband and I are really strapped for cash. [ + for] ...the financially strapped state university. 2. See also cash-strapped.

  4. Strapped definition: needy; wanting. See examples of STRAPPED used in a sentence.

  5. strapped (for cash, funds, etc.) having little or not enough money. I’m strapped for cash at the moment—can I pay you later? financially strapped governments

  6. adjective. Informal. Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken. Informal: broke. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.

  7. Jun 9, 2004 · To equip ones self with one or more firearms. See: heated. Also see: Balla Too understand the definition. Example: 'Yo, man, you're gonna need to go get strapped up before we take out those Balla Shit!'. by Craig January 1, 2005. Get the strapped mug.

  8. He strapped it on eagerly. There was a box strapped to the floor beneath the bench. Just under seven feet tall and muscular, he wore all black with weapons strapped to various parts of his body. They rode bareback, or on a cloth or skin strapped to the horse.