strapping Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb tie with a strap
   strap.
   
2. verb beat severely with a whip or rod
   trounce; strap; welt; whip; slash; lash; flog; lather.
   
   • The teacher often flogged the students
   • The children were severely trounced
3. verb sharpen with a strap
   strap.
   
   • strap a razor
4. verb secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
   strap.
   
5. adjective satellite muscular and heavily built
   buirdly; husky; beefy; burly.
   
   • a beefy wrestler
   • had a tall burly frame
   • clothing sizes for husky boys
   • a strapping boy of eighteen
   • `buirdly' is a Scottish term

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