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STRAPPING

\stɹˈapɪŋ], \stɹˈapɪŋ], \s_t_ɹ_ˈa_p_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of STRAPPING

2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; (`buirdly' is a Scottish term; "a buirdly lad of twelve")

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Tall; strong; robust; as, a strapping fellow.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Large; robust.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Large and muscular; strong; robust.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The process of applying straps; specifically, that of subjecting a part to compression or giving it support by the methodical application of strips of adhesive plaster.
Strips of adhesive plaster, also any material for use as straps.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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