1.
[syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
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2. To fasten or bind with a strap. --Cowper.
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3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
razor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strapping \Strap"ping\, a.
Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]
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There are five and thirty strapping officers gone.
--Farquhar.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
strapping
adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "strapping":
adipose, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, beefy, belting,
big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bouncing, brawny, buffeting,
burly, buxom, caning, chubby, chunky, clubbing,
corporal punishment, corpulent, cowhiding, cudgeling, distended,
doughty, drubbing, dumpy, fat, fattish, flagellation, flailing,
fleshy, flogging, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full-blooded,
full-strength, fustigation, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard,
hard as nails, hardy, hearty, heavyset, hefty, hippy,
horsewhipping, husky, imposing, iron-hard, lacing, lashing, lusty,
meaty, mighty, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy,
pistol-whipping, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent,
powerful, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, rawhiding, red-blooded,
robust, robustious, roly-poly, rotund, rugged, scourging, spanking,
square, squat, squatty, stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, stripes,
strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy,
swingeing, switching, swollen, thick-bodied, thickset, thrashing,
top-heavy, trouncing, truncheoning, tubby, vigorous, well-fed,
whipping