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1. Muscular and heavily built
   "a strapping boy of eighteen";
   - beefy, burly, husky, buirdly

1. Strips of metal, plastic, etc, used to hold or bind something together
    
2. [US] Strips of wood used or metal used for attaching boards to the ceiling, wall, floor, etc.

1. Tie with a strap
    
2. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often strapped the students";
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. Sharpen with a strap
   "strap a razor"
    
4. (medicine) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

Derived forms: strappings

See also: robust

Type of: beat, beat up, bind, fasten, fix, secure, sharpen, tie, work over

Antonym: unstrap

Encyclopedia: Strapping