Definition of "stropping" []

• Present participle of strop. (verb)

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• "Being spanked with a leather belt (there was a stropping belt for a straight-edge razor which may have been a little softer than a real belt)."
• "But neither Syria nor Iran would take such a step willingly, nor would they respond to this favorably as long as they do not see Russia and China resolved and insistent on stropping the two regimes from arming these groups."
• "Instead, many of us boys spent our "free" time stropping our pocket knives on the upper sides of our boots and testing the blades by shaving the fuzz on our forearms."