Strapping
adj, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries. countable, uncountable
"Jones had heavy strapping on his left thigh and it was tempting to wonder what José Mourinho, his manager at Manchester United, will have made of it in a week of withdrawals from Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur players."
- 2 A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively. countable, uncountable
- 3 A beating with a strap. countable, uncountable
- 4 The act of fastening with a strap. countable, uncountable
- 1 present participle and gerund of strap form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust.
"But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright."
- 2 Of a young woman: full of vigor; lusty. obsolete
- 1 muscular and heavily built wordnet
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More examples"But while the two strapping front men battered Foster, they could not better him, and in the absence of tangible reward for his creative efforts, Pennant almost took matters into his own hands, curling a low free-kick inches wide of Foster's left-hand upright."
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