1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strap.

2. (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow.

adipose bastinado basting battery beating beefy belting big-bellied bloated blowzy bosomy bouncing brawny buffeting burly buxom caning chubby chunky clubbing corporal punishment corpulent cowhiding cudgeling distended doughty drubbing dumpy fat fattish flagellation flailing fleshy flogging forceful forcible forcy full full-blooded full-strength fustigation gross gutsy gutty hale hard hard as nails hardy hearty heavyset hefty hippy horsewhipping husky imposing iron-hard lacing lashing lusty meaty mighty nervy obese obstinate overweight paunchy pistol-whipping plump podgy portly potbellied potent powerful pudgy puffy puissant pursy rawhiding red-blooded robust robustious roly-poly rotund rugged scourging spanking square squat squatty stalwart steely stocky stout stripes strong strong as brandy strong as strong strong-willed sturdy swingeing switching swollen thick-bodied thickset thrashing top-heavy trouncing truncheoning tubby vigorous well-fed whipping