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strapping

[ UK /stɹˈæpɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈstɹæpɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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.
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