strapping

Plural: strappings

Verb

• tie with a strap
• beat severely with a whip or rod
• sharpen with a strap
• secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
• present participle and gerund of strap

Adjective Satellite

• muscular and heavily built
  • "a strapping boy of eighteen"

Adj

• Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
• Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty.

Noun

• Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
• A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
• A beating with a strap.
• The act of fastening with a strap.

Synonyms

beefy, buirdly, burly, flog, husky, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip, Atlantean, Cyclopean, Herculean, able-bodied, athletic, beefed out, brawny, brolic, buff, built, built like a brick shithouse, built like a tank, deep-rooted, dench, diced, fit, gigantic, hale, hearty, hench, in shape, jacked, like a giant refreshed, lusty, made of iron, muscled, muscleful, muscular, ripped, rugged, sculpted, sinewy, strapping, strong as a horse, strong as a lion, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, swole, toned, virile, well-built, well-fed, well-knit, wiry

Antonyms

unstrap, feeble, frail, obese, puny, scrawny, weak

Related Words

beautiful man, beautiful woman

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