What is the meaning of strapping?

verb

• Tie with a strap.
  • synonyms: strap
• Beat severely with a whip or rod.
  • usage: "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  • synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
• Sharpen with a strap.
  • usage: "strap a razor"
  • synonyms: strap
• Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.
  • synonyms: strap

adjective

• Muscular and heavily built.
  • usage: "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"
  • synonyms: beefy, burly, husky, buirdly