9 Letter Words for Strappado
strappado
7 Letter Words for Strappado
apports, parados, parapod, pardaos, pastora
6 Letter Words for Strappado
adapts, adopts, aortas, appast, apport, aroast, asport, atropa, dartos, parado, pardao, pastor, portas, posada, potdar, sapota, satrap, sparta, sproat, tappas, troads
5 Letter Words for Strappado
adapt, adopt, adpao, adrop, aorta, apart, apast, apods, aport, appar, appro, apptd, arado, artsd, astor, ataps, atars, darat, darst, darts, datos, doats, dopas, dorps, dorsa, dorts, draps, drats, drops, dropt, padas, papas, parao, paras, pardo, pards, parps, parto, parts, pasta, pasto, patao, patas, porta, ports, prado, prads, praos, prats, proas, prods, props, prost, psora, rasta, ratas, ratos, roads, roast, rotas, sapor, sarda, sarod, sarpo, sopra, sorda, sorta, spaad, spado, spard, spart, sport, sprad, sprat, sprod, sprot, stopa, strad, strap, strop, tapas, tapoa, tappa, taras, tardo, taros, tarps, tasar, toads, topas, trads, trapa, traps, troad, trods
4 Letter Words for Strappado
aarp, adar, adat, ador, ados, adps, apar, apod, appd, apps, appt, apts, arad, ards, arts, asap, asar, asop, asor, asta, astr, atap, atar, atop, daps, dart, dast, data, dato, doat, dopa, dops, dora, dorp, dors, dort, dosa, dost, dots, drap, drat, drop, oars, oast, oats, odas, opts, orad, oras, ords, orts, osar, paar, paas, pada, pads, papa, paps, para, pard, parp, pars, part, paso, past, pata, patd, pato, pats, poas, pods, pops, port, post, pots, prad, prao, prat, proa, prod, prop, pros, ptsd, raad, rada, rads, raps, rapt, rasa, rasp, rast, rata, rato, rats, road, rods, ropp, rosa, rost, rota, rots, sado, sadr, sapa, sapo, sard, sart, sata, satd, soap, soar, soda, sora, sord, sort, spad, spar, spat, spod, spor, spot, stad, stap, star, stoa, stod, stop, stor, stra, taar, tads, taos, tapa, taps, tara, taro, tarp, tars, toad, toda, tods, tops, tors, tosa, trad, trap, trod, trop
3 Letter Words for Strappado
aas, ado, adp, ads, aor, apa, app, apr, apt, ara, ard, ars, art, asp, ast, atp, dao, dap, dar, das, dat, doa, dop, dor, dos, dot, dpt, dso, dsp, dsr, oad, oar, oas, oat, oda, ods, opa, opp, ops, opt, ora, ord, ors, ort, pad, pap, par, pas, pat, poa, pod, pop, por, pos, pot, ppa, ppd, ppr, pps, ppt, pro, prp, prs, pst, pta, ptp, pts, rad, rap, ras, rat, rod, ros, rot, rps, rpt, saa, sad, sao, sap, sar, sat, sod, sop, sot, spa, spp, spt, sta, std, str, taa, tad, tao, tap, tar, tas, tdr, toa, tod, top, tor, tos, tpd, tps, tra, trp, trs, tsp
Definitions for Strappado
[1] an old form of punishment or torture in which the victim, with arms bound behind, was raised from the ground by a rope fastened to the wrists, abruptly released, then arrested with a painful jerk just before reaching the ground.
[2] the instrument used for this purpose.
[3] a system of torture in which a victim was hoisted by a rope tied to his wrists and then allowed to drop until his fall was suddenly checked by the rope
Words nearby Strappado
strap-oil, straphang, straphanger, strapless, strapline, strappado, strapped, strapped for, strapper, strapping, strappy
Origin of Strappado
1550–60; alteration of Middle French strapade or its source, Italian strappata a sharp pull or tug, equivalent to strapp- (stem of strappare to snatch (< Gothic strappan to stretch) + -ata -ade1
Word origin for Strappado
C16: from French strapade, from Italian strappare to tug sharply, probably of Germanic origin; related to German (dialect) strapfen to make taut