STRAPPING Synonyms

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

• United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)

• prolific United States writer (1822-1909)

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• draw slowly or heavily

• showing warm and heartfelt friendliness

• providing abundant nourishment

• endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health

• consuming abundantly and with gusto

• deeply felt

• of or relating to or consisting of muscle

• having a robust muscular body-build characterized by predominance of structures (bone and muscle and connective tissue) developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer

• having or suggesting great physical power or force

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• having great power or force or potency or effect

• (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree

• strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

• having great influence

• (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful

• displaying superhuman strength or power

• sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction

• marked by richness and fullness of flavor

• strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity

• rough and crude

• having strength or power greater than average or expected

• having a strong physiological or chemical effect

• not faint or feeble

• having or wielding force or authority

• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

• of good quality and condition; solidly built

• of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• freshly made or left

• strong and sure

• not making concessions

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• substantially made or constructed

• characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

• strong and active physically or mentally

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• beat with a cane

• any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids

• leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• lash or flick about sharply

• strike as if by whipping

• bind with a rope, chain, or cord

• the froth produced by soaps or detergents

• agitation resulting from active worry

• a workman who puts up laths

• the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• form a lather

• exude sweat or lather

• rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

• a wound made by cutting

• an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

• a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

• cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• cut open

• cut drastically

• move or stir about violently

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• censure severely or angrily

• a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

• a raised or strengthened seam

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• put a welt on

• an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

• a legislator appointed by the party to enforce discipline

• a dessert made of sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites or cream and usually flavored with fruit

• (golf) the flexibility of the shaft of a golf club

• a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• defeat thoroughly

• thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash

• strike as if by whipping

• whip with or as if with a wire whisk

• subject to harsh criticism

• a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag