Overview of verb strap

The verb strap has 4 senses

• strap -- (tie with a strap)


• flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce -- (beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced")


• strap -- (sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor")


• strap -- (secure (a sprained joint) with a strap)

Overview of adj strapping

The adj strapping has 1 sense

• beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly -- (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")