Past tense of strap
regular verb
The past tense of strap is strapped. The past participle is also strapped.
Forms of strap
| Base form (V1) | strap /stɹæp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | strapped |
| Past participle (V3) | strapped |
| Present participle | strapping |
| Third person singular | straps |
Strapped in a sentence
- The first partner who strapped me made it everything I had wished for.2021 November 8, Addie Tsai, AKALAC, “To Strap Or Not To Strap — That Is The Question”, in Autostraddle, archived from the original on 08...
- I strapped my son into the back seat.
- Unless you're seriously strapped (armed), you're about to be not okay too.From the entry seriously
- The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.From the entry gurney
- An enduring urban legend claims that someone in Arizona strapped a JATO to their car and crashed it into a cliff.From the entry jato
Meaning of strap
- noun A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- noun A strap worn on the shoulder.
- noun A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
Questions about the past tense of strap
- What is the past tense of strap?
- The past tense of strap is strapped.
- What is the past participle of strap?
- The past participle of strap is strapped.
- Is strap a regular or irregular verb?
- Strap is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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