strapped
adj1
In compounds, 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:
2
Informal, Of a person Muscular.
3
Slang Armed; carrying a weapon.
- 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 kidney1989 April 4, Slick Rick, “Children's Story”, in The Great Adventures of Slick Rick:
- 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:
4
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:
- Synonyms
- ripped
- Derived terms
- cash strapped, cash-strapped, strapped for money