Strapping

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strapping
       adj : 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}, {buirdly}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strap
       n 1: an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material)
            for binding things together or holding something in
            position
       2: hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the
          ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
       3: a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or
          bag [syn: {shoulder strap}]
       4: whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
       v 1: tie with a strap [ant: {unstrap}]
       2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
          the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
           {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {trounce}]
       3: sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
       4: secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
       [also: {strapping}, {strapped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strapping
       See {strap}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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