Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to strop
Participle: stropped
Gerund: stropping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | strop |
| you | strop |
| he;she;it | strops |
| we | strop |
| you | strop |
| they | strop |
Perfect
| I | have stropped |
| you | have stropped |
| he;she;it | has stropped |
| we | have stropped |
| you | have stropped |
| they | have stropped |
Past
| I | stropped |
| you | stropped |
| he;she;it | stropped |
| we | stropped |
| you | stropped |
| they | stropped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stropped |
| you | had stropped |
| he;she;it | had stropped |
| we | had stropped |
| you | had stropped |
| they | had stropped |
Future
| I | will strop |
| you | will strop |
| he;she;it | will strop |
| we | will strop |
| you | will strop |
| they | will strop |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stropped |
| you | will have stropped |
| he;she;it | will have stropped |
| we | will have stropped |
| you | will have stropped |
| they | will have stropped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | strop |
| you | strop |
| he;she;it | strop |
| we | strop |
| you | strop |
| they | strop |
Perfect
| I | have stropped |
| you | have stropped |
| he;she;it | have stropped |
| we | have stropped |
| you | have stropped |
| they | have stropped |
Imperfect
| I | stropped |
| you | stropped |
| he;she;it | stropped |
| we | stropped |
| you | stropped |
| they | stropped |
Pluperfect
| I | had stropped |
| you | had stropped |
| he;she;it | had stropped |
| we | had stropped |
| you | had stropped |
| they | had stropped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would strop |
| you | would strop |
| he;she;it | would strop |
| we | would strop |
| you | would strop |
| they | would strop |
Perfect
| I | would have stropped |
| you | would have stropped |
| he;she;it | would have stropped |
| we | would have stropped |
| you | would have stropped |
| they | would have stropped |
Imperative
| you | strop |
| we | Let's strop |
| you | strop |
Verbs conjugated like 'strop'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'strop'
stoop,
stop,
strap,
strip,
stroy,
crop,
drop,
estop,
prop,
scoop,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.
Sample Sentences
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One should strop the razor before each shave.
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The barber—a round, bustling fellow—stropped his razor and prattled gossip. [1891, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 1, in The Blue Pavilions:]