strap-on

See also: strapon, and strap on

English

Strap-on boosters

A strap-on (artificial phallus)

Etymology

From strap +‎ on.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæpɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɹæpɑn/

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• Rhymes: -æpɒn
• Hyphenation: strap‧on

Adjective

strap-on (not comparable)

1. That can be attached using one or more straps.
2. (astronautics) Of a booster rocket, that is mounted on the outside of a launch vehicle (typically around the first stage) to provide an additional boost at lift-off, ultimately separating after the first few minutes of ascent.

Noun

strap-on (plural strap-ons)

1. (astronautics) A strap-on booster.
   • 1987 March, James Schefter, “The Other Shuttles”, in Popular Science, volume 230, number 3, →ISSN, page 76:

     As a standalone booster, according to Pentagon officials, it could be used to put the smaller reusable spaceplane into orbit. But its more innovative use will be as strap-ons for the larger shuttle.

2. (informal) An artificial phallus attached with a strap, usually a dildo.
3. (informal, music) Synonym of keytar (“keyboard supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders”).
   • 1988, Helen Casabona, David Frederick, “Alternate Controllers”, in Brent Hurtig, editor, Advanced MIDI Applications: Computers, Time Codes, and Beyond (Keyboard Magazine Library for Electronic Musicians), Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing, →ISBN, pages 34–35:

     If you want a portable keyboard, a strap-on could be the answer. Strap-ons have been around since Billy Preston and Edgar Winter used to sling Univox electric pianos around their necks in the pre-MIDI days of the early ’70s.

Descendants

• → Greek: στραπόν (strapón)
• → Russian: страпо́н (strapón)
• → Swedish: strap-on
• → Turkish: strapon
• → Ukrainian: страпо́н (strapón)

Translations

artificial phallus

• French: gode-ceinture (fr) m
• Greek: στραπόν n (strapón)
• Icelandic: beltislimur m
• Marathi: स्ट्रॅप-ऑन (sṭrĕp-ŏn)
• Portuguese: cintaralho m
• Spanish: pene femenino m, arnés (es) m, arnés pene m, consolador con arnés m, cinturonga f
• Swedish: strap-on c, löskuk (sv) c
• Turkish: strapon

See also

• strap on a pair

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “strap, v.¹”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Partons, partons, patrons, protans, tarpons

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English strap-on.

Noun

strap-on c

1. a strap-on (artificial phallus attached with a strap)

   Synonym: löskuk

See also

• sexleksak

References

• Fula Ordboken