Synonyms for strapping
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : strap-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstræp ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for strapping Other synonyms for the word strapping
Définition of strapping
Origin :- "tall and sturdy," originally applied to women, 1650s, from present participle of strap (v.). Cf. similar senses of whopping, spanking.
- adj big and strong
- A fine, strapping trio they were, splendidly horsed and admirably equipped.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Mason paused halfway in the act of strapping on his packsack.
- Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
- Then there's Romulus and Remus, the twins, strapping young fellows.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- "Good-bye," said Ralph, who was just then strapping his books together for school.
- Extract from : « Grandmother Dear » by Mrs. Molesworth
- You're as fine, strapping a specimen of a healthy human being as I've ever seen.'
- Extract from : « Circus » by Alan Edward Nourse
- She was strapping her school satchel across her back like a knapsack.
- Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers
- And he remembered that he—a boy—had not been able, this very day, to take even a strapping!
- Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
- Many members of the crowded audience were in strapping and bandages.
- Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
- He to whom it was said was Edgar Berrington, our hero, a strapping youth of twenty-one.
- Extract from : « Under the Waves » by R M Ballantyne
- It's forty years since I saw her, and she the strapping woman.
- Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Antonyms for strapping
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