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1. Muscular and heavily built
   "a strapping boy of eighteen"
   - beefy, burly, husky, buirdly

1. Tie with a strap
    
2. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often strapped the students"
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, trounce
    
3. Sharpen with a strap
   "strap a razor"
    
4. Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

See also: robust

Type of: beat, beat up, bind, fasten, fix, secure, sharpen, tie, work over

Antonym: unstrap

Encyclopedia: Strap