strapping
IPA: strˈæpɪŋ
noun
- Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
- A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
- A beating with a strap.
- The act of fastening with a strap.
adjective
- Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
- (obsolete) Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty.
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Examples of "strapping" in Sentences
- After strapping, the handle is lifted and the bale is removed.
- Bad reports were current there of male teachers driven out by a certain strapping lad.
- The driver was a big burly guy who was very effecient in strapping first my wheelchair to the van and then me into the chair.
- Of course they did ship yesterday, if you call strapping it to the back of a turtle and pointing him in the direction of my house shipping it.
- He inquired about my luggage, which I told him would arrive later, then he called a strapping porter who had a chairlike contraption strapped to his back.
- “What you see on the Web site is an illusion,” said Croatian tourist Hrvojka Skokovic, who recalled strapping nylon bags to her feet before stepping into a grungy shower during her June 2004 visit.
- I doubt that means all Muslims will agree to the notion of strapping on a bomb over their Jockey shorts; but does the religion not insist that when push comes to shove there is an obligation to stand up and be counted as part of the “cause” to crush the infidels.