Definition of "strapped" []

Informal In financial need: We are strapped for cash right now. (adjective)

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Use "strapped" in a sentence

"The hunter made no comment about the bearskin strapped to it, for which Domar was thankful."
"I've got her all excited about the sport, and use a dummy with a pheasant skin strapped to it for retrieving practice."
"Then he looked over at Husband, who had Robin strapped to him."

Words like "strapped"

adapt apt capped clapped

entrapped flapped impoverished kept

lapped mapped napped rapped

rapt recapped strap

strapped for cash