strapped

strapped

 (străpt)

adj. Informal

In financial need: We are strapped for cash right now.

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strapped

(stræpt)

adj

slang (often foll by: for) badly in need (of money, manpower, etc); short of

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strapped

(stræpt)

adj.

needy; wanting: strapped for funds.

[1775–85]

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Thesaurus

strapped

adjective

Informal. Having little or no money or wealth:

beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken.

Informal: broke.

Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers.

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Translations

strapped

[stræpt] ADJ to be strapped for cash → andar escaso de dinero

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strapped

[ˈstræpt] adj
to be strapped for cash → être à court d'argent

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strapped

[ˈstræpt] adj strapped for cash → a corto di soldi
financially strapped → messo/a male finanziariamente

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