Strapped

adj. fastened with a strap; in a difficult financial position (Informal)

v. fasten with a strap, tie with a narrow piece of leather; beat with a strap, lash

Noun
1. an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
(hypernym) leather strip
(hyponym) bootstrap
(part-holonym) baggage, luggage
2. hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
(hypernym) hanger
3. a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
(synonym) shoulder strap
(hypernym) band
(part-holonym) brace, suspender, gallus
4. whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
(hypernym) whip
(hyponym) tawse
(derivation) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce
Verb
1. tie with a strap
(antonym) unstrap
(hypernym) tie, bind
(hyponym) hopple, hobble
2. beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
(synonym) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce
(hypernym) beat, beat up, work over
(hyponym) flagellate, scourge
3. sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
(hypernym) sharpen
4. secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine

(imp. & p. p.)
of Strap
  

having very little money, nearly flat broke I can't afford to go to a concert this month. I'm strapped.

Synonyms and related words:
badly off, beat, beggared, bound, broke, busted, destitute, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, fettered, flat, flat broke, fortuneless, hampered, handcuffed, hard up, ill off, impecunious, in Queer Street, in bonds, in chains, in irons, in narrow circumstances, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances, ironbound, land-poor, manacled, narrow, on the edge, oofless, out of pocket, penurious, pinched, poor, poorly off, reduced, shackled, short, short of cash, short of funds, short of money, squeezed, stone-broke, stony, straitened, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up, trammeled, unmoneyed, unprosperous