[
UK
/stɹˈæpɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈstɹæpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɹæpɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
muscular and heavily built
had a tall burly frame
clothing sizes for husky boys
a beefy wrestler
a strapping boy of eighteen
`buirdly' is a Scottish term
How To Use strapping In A Sentence
- He was a strapping lad with broad shoulders and quite tall.
- By having a strapping man say Katherina's words, it is not real and not naturalistic, so it gives the audience a jolt and makes the play double edged.
- Patients were encouraged to perform mobilization of the involved ankle several times per day after unstrapping the two most distal straps.
- Perhaps you can entreat some strapping young lad into educating you in the ways of the world.
- On to the stretcher with him, strapping on, doubled back along the landing, started down the stairway. RIOT
- We discussed other treatment options - night splints, plantar strapping, orthotics, and a cortisone injection.
- In appearance and atmosphere he was a strapping big college man, smooth-faced and easy-mannered, clean and simple and wholesome, with a known record of being a splendid athlete and an implied vast possession of cold culture of the inhibited sort. SOUTH OF THE SLOT
- She is a gorgeously full-figured woman, and he is quite the strapping middle-aged man.
- After strapping the shoes securely to my feet, I ran down the stairs and to my black truck.
- The strapping prevented any unseemly bulges, while keeping the smooth line of the tight trousers that were fashionable at the time.