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strapping |
3 definitions found 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [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; "a buirdly lad of twelve") [syn: {beefy}, {burly}, {husky}, {buirdly}]
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