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strapping adjective [ ˈstrapɪŋ ]

• (especially of a young person) big and strong.
• "they had three strapping sons"
Similar: big, strong, well built, sturdily built, sturdy, brawny, burly, broad-shouldered, muscular, muscly, well muscled, robust, rugged, lusty, Herculean, hunky, beefy, husky, ripped, shredded, buff, jacked, stalwart, thewy, stark,
Opposite: puny, weedy,

strapping noun

• adhesive plaster for binding injured parts of the body.

strap verb

• fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.
• "I had to strap the bag to my bicycle"
Similar: fasten, secure, tie, bind, make fast, lash, buckle, truss, pinion,
• beat (someone) with a strip of leather.
• "I expected when my dad walked in that he'd strap him"
Similar: beat, flog, whip, leather, belt, thrash, lash, horsewhip, birch, cane, strike, hit, clout, wallop, whack, tan someone's hide, give someone a (good) hiding, lather, larrup, whale, stripe, thong,
Origin: late 16th century (denoting a trap for birds, also a piece of timber fastening two objects together): dialect form of strop1.


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