What does “strapped to” mean in this sentence?
What does “strapped to” mean in the following sentence?
This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car.
In the dictionary, strapped means short on money, but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context.
meaning meaning-in-context
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What does “strapped to” mean in the following sentence?
This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car.
In the dictionary, strapped means short on money, but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context.
meaning meaning-in-context
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48
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What does “strapped to” mean in the following sentence?
This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car.
In the dictionary, strapped means short on money, but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context.
meaning meaning-in-context
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
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What does “strapped to” mean in the following sentence?
This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car.
In the dictionary, strapped means short on money, but I could not find any relevant explanation in this context.
meaning meaning-in-context
meaning meaning-in-context
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
179110
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
179110
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
edited Feb 4 at 7:16
V2Blast
14518
14518
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
179110
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
179110
asked Feb 2 at 21:08
THEGreatGatsbyTHEGreatGatsby
179110
179110
2
Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48
Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered Feb 2 at 21:21
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
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"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered Feb 2 at 21:21
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
27.4k11110237
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Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered Feb 2 at 21:21
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
27.4k11110237
Strapped there is the past participle of the verb to strap which means to fasten something in position by fastening a narrow piece of leather or other strong material around it.
Example sentence:
We strapped the surfboard to the car roof.
"This is faster than a cheetah strapped to a race car" is supposed to be a joke. Cheetahs are animals that can run very fast. A race car is even faster. So, if you strap a cheetah to a race car, then the whole thing is supposedly going to be just super fast in terms of speed. But, whatever it is that they're talking about is even faster than that!
answered Feb 2 at 21:21
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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answered Feb 2 at 21:21
Michael RybkinMichael Rybkin
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This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
4
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
add a comment |
This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
4
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
add a comment |
This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
This is an uncommon phrase.
What the whole phrase is indicating is that the thing that is being compared to 'a cheetah strapped on a race car' is really fast. The author is using 'strapped on' as a colloquialism meaning putting two things together.
A better way to say that statement may be 'its faster then the speed of a cheetah and a race car added together'
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
answered Feb 2 at 21:25
Zoe HowlettZoe Howlett
1813
1813
4
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
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4
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
4
4
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
"A better way to say that statement may be …" but that is only better if you have no sense of humo(u)r.
– alephzero
Feb 3 at 0:11
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Your meaning is slang. The usual meaning of strapped, as used here, is "fastened with a strap".
– Weather Vane
Feb 2 at 21:48