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

strap \strap\, v. t. imp.  p. p. strapped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   strapping.
   1. to beat or chastise with a strap.
      1913 webster

   2. to fasten or bind with a strap. --cowper.
      1913 webster

   3. to sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a
      razor.
      1913 webster
see also:
strapped strapping 

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

strapping \strap"ping\, a.
   tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. colloq.
   1913 webster

         there are five and thirty strapping officers gone.
                                                  --farquhar.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
beefy burly husky buirdly 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
shoulder strap unstrap flog welt whip lather 
lash slash trounce strapping strapped 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strapping
     see strap
see also:
strap 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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