strapping : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strapping	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for strapping
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strap \Strap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strapping}.] 1. To beat or chastise with a strap. 2. To fasten or bind with a strap. --Cowper. 3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strapping \Strap"ping\, a. Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.] There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. --Farquhar.