strapping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of strap

comparative more strapping · superlative most strapping

1. Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.

   As he waited for his seminar to begin, a “very tall, handsome” man walked in. “He was strapping,” Browde recalled decades later, and everyone looked up and clocked him.

   2023 December 2, Jonny Steinberg, “The Mandela behind the mask”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

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   But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright.

   2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC

2. obsolete(of a young woman) full of vigor; lusty.

plural strappings

1. countableuncountableAdhesive plaster for strapping injuries.

   Jones had heavy strapping on his left thigh and it was tempting to wonder what José Mourinho, his manager at Manchester United, will have made of it in a week of withdrawals from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur players.

   2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London)

2. countableuncountableA length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
3. countableuncountableA beating with a strap.
4. countableuncountableThe act of fastening with a strap.