English Explanatory Dictionary

strapping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of strap
adj
  1. Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
  2. (of a young woman) full of vigor; lusty.
noun
  1. Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
  2. A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
  3. A beating with a strap.
  4. The act of fastening with a strap.

Word forms

strapping more strapping most strapping strappings

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

feeble frail obese puny scrawny weak

Related words

beautiful man beautiful woman

Derived words

strappingly strapping tape
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