strapping
strapping Lexical Profile
strapping Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
(Of a person, especially a young man) tall, muscular, and powerfully built.
"Her two sons had grown into strapping young men who easily lifted the heavy timber."
• noun
Material in the form of strong strips of plastic, metal, fabric, or adhesive tape, used for binding packages, reinforcing structures, or supporting an injured body part.
"The warehouse workers secured the heavy wooden crates with steel strapping before loading them onto the truck."
A severe beating or thrashing administered with a leather strap.
"In nineteen-century boarding schools, a pupil caught sneaking out after hours often faced a harsh strapping."
• Rhymes for strapping
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived in the mid-17th century as the present participle of the verb 'strap' (meaning to beat or lash vigorously with a strap), which evolved colloquially to describe someone who is forcefully big, tall, and muscular.